Waterfront Connection

40°44′37″N 74°07′36″W / 40.7435°N 74.1267°W / 40.7435; -74.1267 (Waterfront Connection (NJT))

Newark/Hoboken Division approaches

Legend

Northeast Corridor
to Boston
&
LIRR Main Line
to Greenport

Sunnyside Yard

East River Tunnels under East River

New York

North River Tunnels under Hudson River

NY

NJ

Hoboken Terminal

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

│

│

Newark Drawbridge│Dock Bridge

over Passaic River

Newark Broad Street

Newark Penn Station

GLAD 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 Waterfront Connection allows

Newark Division) to the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad main line, now NJ Transit Rail Operations. The connection opened on September 9, 1991, at a cost of $16 million.^[1]

The connection consists of a single track that splits from the

New York Penn Station

.

Most revenue trains which travel over the Connection originate on the

ALP-45DP

has allowed the introduction of one-seat rides from New York Penn Station all the way to Bay Head.

With the advent of the Waterfront Connection, NJ Transit no longer needed a separate fueling facility on the diesel portion of the North Jersey Coast Line since diesel engines can make the trip directly to Hoboken. Faced with pressure from

Bay Head residents in 2002, the Bay Head fueling facility was shut down and trains now refuel exclusively at Hoboken or at Raritan Yard.^[2]

Predecessor

As part of NJ Transit's "Bergen Shore Express" summer promotion 1986–1988, NJ Transit Rail Operations trains from the Bergen County Line turned southwest at West End Junction onto the Morris & Essex line, switched onto the Center Street Branch, PATH tracks, and then the Northeast Corridor to head for the North Jersey Coast Line. The switches that allowed this have since all been removed.^[3]

References

^ Hanley, Robert (September 10, 1991). "Hoboken-Newark Rail Link Opens as Part of Multimillion-Dollar Expansion". New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ New Jersey Chapter - Sierra Club
^ Bergen Shore Express article

[1] Hanley, Robert (September 10, 1991). "Hoboken-Newark Rail Link Opens as Part of Multimillion-Dollar Expansion". New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

[2] New Jersey Chapter - Sierra Club

[3] Bergen Shore Express article

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v t e NJ Transit Rail Operations
Hoboken Division	Bergen County Line Main Line Meadowlands Rail Line Montclair-Boonton Line Morris & Essex Lines ( Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line
Newark Division	Atlantic City Line North Jersey Coast Line Northeast Corridor Line Princeton Branch Raritan Valley Line
Connections	Aldene Connection Harold Interlocking Lehigh Line Connection Kearny Connection Montclair Connection Port Morris Junction Secaucus Junction Waterfront Connection
Current rolling stock	EMD GP40PH-2 ALP-46 ALP-45DP PL42AC Comet coaches Comet V MultiLevel coaches Arrow multiple units
Bridges and tunnels	Beach Bridge Bergen Tunnels Brielle Draw Connecting Railway Bridge DB Draw Delair Bridge Dock Bridge East River Tunnels HX Draw Lower Hack Lift Lyndhurst Draw Morgan Draw Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge Newark Drawbridge North River Tunnels Oceanport Draw Portal Bridge Rahway River Bridge Raritan Bay Drawbridge Raritan River Bridge Roseville Tunnel Shark River Draw Upper Hack Lift WR Draw
Stations and yards	List of stations Historic stations County Yard Morrisville Yard Sunnyside Yard
Proposed lines	Lackawanna Cut-Off Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line West Trenton Line
Other topics	Access to the Region's Core Atlantic City Express Service Glassboro–Camden Line Gateway Program Mid-Line Loop Northern Branch Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Sawtooth Bridges Train to the Game Former stations Proposed stations