Lehigh Line Connection

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Coordinates: 40°42′47″N 74°11′12″W / 40.7130°N 74.1866°W / 40.7130; -74.1866 (Hunter Connection (NJT))
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40°42′47″N 74°11′12″W / 40.7130°N 74.1866°W / 40.7130; -74.1866 (Hunter Connection (NJT))

The pre-1997 connection is at bottom left of photo looking east; the new connection was built just to the north.
Newark/Hoboken Division approaches
Legend
Northeast Corridor
to Boston
&
LIRR Main Line
to Greenport
Sunnyside Yard
East River Tunnels under East River
 New York Penn Station Amtrak
North River Tunnels under Hudson River
NY
NJ
 Hoboken Terminal Port Authority Trans-Hudson Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
Hoboken Yard
Bergen Tunnels under Bergen Hill
 Secaucus Junction│
MAIN BCL PVL
Boonton Line to Hackettstown
Portal Bridge│Lower Hack Lift
over Hackensack River
Kearny
Connection
│
 
Sawtooth
Bridges
│
Waterfront
Connection
Newark Drawbridge│Dock Bridge
over Passaic River
 Newark Broad Street Newark Light Rail
Newark Penn
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Newark Light Rail Amtrak
MOBO M&E
Hunter Connection
CNJ to Communipaw Terminal
 Elizabeth
(NJT)
 Elizabeth
(CNJ)
RVL to High Bridge│Aldene Connection
Elizabeth River
Rahway River Bridge
UNION interlocking│NJCL to Bay Head
Trenton
Newark Division
Hoboken Division
(12 kV 25 Hz AC)
(25 kV 60 Hz AC)

The Lehigh Line Connection connects Amtrak's

New Jersey Transit (NJT) Raritan Valley Line trains since 1997 when it replaced an older connection,[1]
it splits from the NEC just north of the former connector, with wider radius curves with a maximum speed of 45 mph, compared to the 15 mph of the original alignment.

The old connection had a single track with older overhead wire and

catenary wire
.

Amtrak and NJT have proposed constructing the Hunter Flyover, which would carry Newark-bound Raritan Valley Line trains up and over the six-track NEC main line. Currently, Raritan Valley trains heading toward Newark have to cross three or four tracks at grade to access the eastbound tracks at Newark. This flyover would remove many directional conflicts between trains and reduce delays on the NEC. The project would cost $250 million and is currently undergoing environmental analysis.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "NEC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF RELEVANCE TO NEW JERSEY" (PDF). ARP. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Importance of the Renewal of Transportation Trust Fund to RVRC - Raritan Valley Rail Coalition". Raritan Valley Rail Coalition. July 30, 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Hunter Flyover". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.


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