Hoboken Terminal
1 Hudson Pl.
Opened 1907, replacing earlier station at same location
Number of station tracks: 14 stub
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Terminal Tower: controlled the immediate station area
Grove Street Tower: controlled the outer terminal trackage
Erie Terminal/Jersey City
Hudson River by Pavonia Ave.
Opened 1889
Number of station tracks: 12 stub
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Jersey City Terminal Tower: controlled the immediate station area
Grove Street Tower: controlled the trackage near the Bergen Tunnels
CNJ Terminal/Jersey City
Hudson River by Johnston Ave. (now Audrey Zapp Dr.)
Opened 1889
Number of station tracks: 20 stub
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Tower A: controlled the immediate station area
Tower B: controlled the trackage serving engine terminal and yard leads
Tower C: controlled the junction of main line with Newark Branch
Weehawken Terminal
Hudson River by Pershing Rd.
Opened 1884
Number of station tracks: 16 stub
Interlocked switches controlled from Signal Station TU
In earlier years, terminating at Exchange Place Station was the Pennsylvania Railroad, prior to the 1910 opening of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
Exchange Place Station
Hudson River by Montgomery St.
Opened 1884
Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal are the best known stations in the New York area. They are the only railroad terminals within Manhattan, reached via tunnels. Also serving New York City were several stations in New Jersey, with ferry connections, later bus connections, to Manhattan. A number of intercity passenger trains operated out of those stations. But all were discontinued before 1971, before the creation of Amtrak resulted in the final discontinuance of many trains.
(Hoboken Terminal)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 15 Owl Buffalo 1:05 12:01 47 Binghamton 4:30 6:15 3 Lackawanna Limited Buffalo 9:20 9:35 11 Scrantonian Scranton 2:25 5 Chicagoan Buffalo 3:55 3:50 7 Westerner Chicago 7:25 7:05Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 10 New York Mail Buffalo 5:25 4:30 8 New Yorker Chicago 7:50 6:30 26 Merchants Express Scranton 10:35 9:35 2 Pocono Express Buffalo 2:25 1:40 6 Lackawanna Limited Buffalo 6:50 5:30 44 Binghamton 9:25Intercity passenger service discontinued in 1970.
Not listed are commuter trains, which continue to operate.
In 1949, the streamlined Phoebe Snow replaced the Lackawanna Limited.
(Erie Terminal/Jersey City)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 7 Pacific Express Chicago 12:25 11:45 1 Erie Limited Chicago 9:05 8:30 9 Binghamton 11:00 27 Mountain Express Hornell 3:15 15 Midlander Chicago 7:30 5 7:15Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 10 Southern Tier Exp. Hornell 5:25 16 Midlander Chicago 8:40 6 7:25 28 Mountain Express Binghamton 6:40 2 Erie Limited Chicago 7:20 5:55 8 Atlantic Express Chicago 11:45 10:00Passenger service discontinued in 1957, with all trains moved to Hoboken Terminal.
Not listed are commuter trains.
(CNJ Terminal/Jersey City)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 121 Williamsporter Williamsport 12:17 101 Mauch Chunk 3:30 2:30 193 Harrisburg Special Harrisburg 9:12 107 Mauch Chunk 1:23 12:12 199 Queen of the Valley Harrisburg 5:13 4:50Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 120 Williamsporter Williamsport 5:52 104 Mauch Chunk 11:18 11:17 192 Queen of the Valley Harrisburg 12:27 2:18 106 Mauch Chunk 4:38 194 Harrisb. New Yorker Harrisburg 9:24 9:18Passenger service discontinued in 1967, with all trains moved to Newark Pennsylvania Station.
Not listed are commuter trains.
(CNJ Terminal/Jersey City)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 511 Wash. Night Exp. Washington 1:02 11 11:50 9 Express Chicago 8:22 27 Royal Blue Washington 9:52 8:30 5 Capitol Limited Chicago 12:58 11:45 1 National Limited St. Louis 1:40 1:55 3 Diplomat St. Louis 4:00 4:55 23 West Virginian Parkersburg 6:05 523 4:00 7 Shenandoah Chicago 7:00 6:05Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 528 New York Night Exp. Washington 6:30 12 5:50 10 New York Express Chicago 11:18 2 National Limited St. Louis 12:18 11:10 6 Capitol Limited Chicago 1:27 1:15 4 Diplomat St. Louis 3:28 2:35 504 Marylander Washington 5:30 4:00 28 Royal Blue Washington 7:43 6:40 8 Shenandoah Chicago 9:36 8:15Passenger service discontinued in 1958.
(Weehawken Terminal)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 19 Ravena 12:05 9 Albany 3:00 1:50 21 Kingston 8:40 8:00 7 Albany 11:10 13 Albany 4:10 7:00 3 Albany 7:40 3:15Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 6 Albany 4:40 14 Kingston 9:03 8:00 26 Albany 10:40 8 Albany 2:50 3:30 2 Albany 7:30 6:05 18 Albany 10:40 9:55Passenger service discontinued in 1959.
Not listed are commuter trains.
(Weehawken Terminal)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 1 Walton 8:25 amArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 2 Walton 8:55 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1953.
The Erie station in Jersey City was located immediately south of the Hoboken Station. The Erie Lackawanna merger resulted in consolidation of all trains into the Hoboken Terminal, and the Erie Station was demolished in 1961. Newport Centre Mall now occupies that location.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey station in Jersey City was closed in 1967, with remaining commuter trains transferred to the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Newark. The station has been preserved, as part of Liberty State Park.
The Weehawken station was closed in 1959. New York Ontario & Western had trackage rights over New York Central between Weehawken and Cornwall.
The Exchange Place station was closed in 1961.
Hoboken Terminal.
Hoboken Terminal, ferry docks, looking across the Hudson River towards the Empire State Building and another buildings of the New York skyline.
CNJ Terminal/Jersey City.
Hoboken Terminal (Wikipedia)
Erie Railroad Terminal (Wikipedia)
Central Railroad Of New Jersey Terminal (Wikipedia)
Weehawken Terminal (Wikipedia)
Jersey City Exchange Place (Wikipedia)
Links to Web sites containing further historical information on New Jersey stations.
Railroad Terminals Serving New York City (Wikipedia)
Link to a Web site containing further information on the different historic stations in the New York City area.
42nd Street - served Weehawken, discontinued 1959
Cortlandt Street - served Weehawken, discontinued 1959
Barclay Street - served Hoboken, discontinued 1967
Christopher Street - served Hoboken, discontinued 1955
Chambers Street - served Jersey City/Erie, discontinued 1959
Liberty Street - served Jersey City/CNJ, discontinued 1967
23rd Street - served several railroad terminals, discontinued 1940's
In 1967, the closure of the Central Railroad of New Jersey station in Jersey City left Hoboken as the only remaining railroad terminal along the Hudson River in New Jersey. And in that year, ferry service was discontinued at Hoboken, leaving the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) rapid transit trains as the most practical route between Hoboken and New York City.
Ferry service across the Hudson River did not exist from 1967 until 1989.
New York Waterway
Link to official Web site of New York Waterway, which since 1989 has provided ferry service across the Hudson River.
World Ship Society
Hudson River Ferries (Wikipedia)
Links to Web sites containing further historical information on the Hudson River ferries.
Baltimore & Ohio used Central Railroad of New Jersey trackage to reach the New York City area, using the CNJ terminal in Jersey City. The Pennsylvania Railroad meanwhile directly accessed Manhattan at Penn Station. Beginning in the late 1920's, in an effort to be more competitive, Baltimore & Ohio operated connecting buses between the CNJ terminal, and hotels and other important points in Manhattan.
Zoomable Google Maps show present and past railroads and major stations in the area. As well as at junctions, interlockings have existed on 3 and 4 track commuter lines, where trains could switch between local and express tracks.