List of New Jersey railroad junctions
This is a List of New Jersey railroad junctions, present and past.
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| Junction | Systems | Lines | Location | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldene Junction | CNJ, LV, CSAO, NJT, | CNJ Main Line, LV Terminal Branch, NJT Raritan Valley Line | Aldene | Opened May 1, 1967. Currently in service for NJT's Raritan Valley trains. At the time of completion (and along with the Hunter Connection), it allowed CRRNJ traffic to terminate in Newark Penn Station, rather than its own Communipaw Terminal. This saved the floundering CNJ of the large operating costs of their terminal and ferry service. Reading Company's Crusader that once terminated in Communipaw also used the junction to terminate in Penn Station. A shuttle between Cranford and Bayonne, known as "the Scoot," operated until August 6, 1978,[1] after which the right-of-way between Aldene and Bayonne was effectively abandoned. The CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was demolished in stages after the US Coast Guard deemed it too great a hazard to maritime traffic.[2] The junction and the Aldene-Elizabethport right-of-way is currently owned and controlled by CSAO. |
| Alloway Junction | P-RSL, WJ&S | Salem Branch/Quinton Branch | Alloway 39°34′48″N 75°22′24″W / 39.580092°N 75.373231°W |
Quinton Branch is abandoned |
| DL&W, L&HR |
DL&W Sussex Branch/LHR main | Andover 40°59′50″N 74°44′45″W / 40.997157°N 74.745705°W |
All lines now abandoned, DLW Sussex Branch abandoned September 30, 1966, trackage removed 1967–1977, LHR Mainline abandoned 1985, trackage removed 1989 | |
| PRR, WJ&SS, P-RSL | WJ&SS Cape May Branch | Burleigh 39°03′02″N 74°51′25″W / 39.050571°N 74.856970°W |
Abandoned | |
| CNJ | CNJ Southern Div. | Atsion 39°44′14″N 74°43′33″W / 39.737229°N 74.725701°W |
Branch to Atco abandoned | |
| NJT, EL, DL&W | Morristown and Erie Main | Morristown 40°47′57″N 74°28′32″W / 40.799299°N 74.475425°W |
Junction in Morristown, New Jersey between New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex line and the Morristown and Erie (M&E) main line. It has been fully operational for over 100 years and currently remains in service to provide connections for the shortline M&E to the national rail network. | |
| TRR, PRR | Long Beach Railroad | Ship Bottom 39°39′00″N 74°10′32″W / 39.649896°N 74.175466°W |
All abandoned | |
| CNJ, PRR, NJT | New York and Long Branch Railroad/North Jersey Coast Line, Long Branch and Barnegat Bay Railroad | Bay Head 40°04′36″N 74°02′46″W / 40.076805°N 74.046113°W |
PRR abandoned Bay Head Jct.-Toms River portion of its Camden-Toms River-Bay Head Jct. Line in 1946 after the bridge over Barnaget Bay burned. | |
| ERIE, DLW, EL, NJT | DLW Boonton Branch (NJT Main Line), Erie Main Line (NJT Bergen County Line) | Jersey City 40°45′06″N 74°04′12″W / 40.751708°N 74.069886°W |
Junction no longer exists. Was created to shift Erie's Main Line operations from Pavonia Terminal to Lackawanna Terminal. Was removed with creation of Secaucus Junction, which shifted NJT Bergen County Line junction with NJT Main Line north. | |
| LV, CNJ, RDG | Junction of former Lehigh Valley Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey main lines and Reading Railroad Port Reading Branch | Bound Brook 40°33′38″N 74°31′52″W / 40.560536°N 74.531243°W |
A junction still exists, but is rarely used since the lines now serve passenger and freight traffic separately. The original Bound Brook Jct (where the Reading line to Philadelphia met the CNJ main line 1.6 miles west of Bound Brook station) was removed by Conrail years ago. The former LV main line is now operated by Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern and used for long distance and local freight services. The former CNJ main line is now NJ Transit's Raritan passenger line. A branch line called the Port Reading Secondary, formerly called the Port Reading Railroad (RDG), originates at Bound Brook Junction and crosses northern Middlesex County to connect with the Chemical Coast line in Eastern Middlesex County. The Port Reading Secondary has been refurbished and upgraded by its new owner CSX as a second route to Oak Island Terminal in Newark, NJ (via the Chemical Coast Line) and other points on the CSX system. The line now handles much more freight traffic than it handled in the later 20th Century under Conrail, including long haul double-stack container freight traffic. | |
| DLW | Sussex Branch | Lafayette 41°04′56″N 74°42′03″W / 41.082298°N 74.700877°W |
Abandoned 1934, removed 1938 | |
| P-RSL, CNJ | CNJ Southern Div./PRSL(WJ&SS)Bridgeton Branch | Bridgeton 39°27′10″N 75°12′47″W / 39.452755°N 75.213069°W |
PRSL Bridgeton Branch is abandoned to north | |
| ACRR, RDG, P-RSL | ACRR Main Line, Brigantine Branch | Pomona 39°28′23″N 74°35′27″W / 39.472974°N 74.590859°W |
All abandoned | |
| CNJ | Newark and New York Railroad | Newark 40°43′34″N 74°08′12″W / 40.726072°N 74.136754°W |
Newark to Jersey City line abandoned | |
| PRR | Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad, Brown's Mills Branch | Browns Mills 39°56′58″N 74°35′49″W / 39.949400°N 74.596982°W |
Abandoned | |
| NYGL, ERIE, EL | NYGL, Caldwell Branch | Little Falls 40°52′21″N 74°12′39″W / 40.872475°N 74.210872°W |
Caldwell Branch abandoned. NYGL line now NJT Montclair-Boonton Line, Caldwell Branch now West Essex Trail. | |
| DLW, CNJ | DLW Chester Branch, CNJ High Bridge Branch | Chester 40°47′20″N 74°43′05″W / 40.788867°N 74.718180°W |
Abandoned, now a rail-trail | |
| (Delaware Junction) | BRW, NYSW | Blairstown Railway/NYSW former Mainline and Delaware Branch | Columbia 40°56′01″N 75°04′25″W / 40.933537°N 75.073512°W |
All abandoned |
| LV | Constable Hook Branch | Bayone 40°39′38″N 74°07′01″W / 40.660461°N 74.116952°W |
Active | |
| SIRT, B&O, ME, CNJ, NJT | North Shore Branch, Raritan Valley Line | Cranford 40°39′24″N 74°17′35″W / 40.656746°N 74.293119°W |
Exists | |
| Croxton Junction | ERIE, EL, CSAO, CSX, NS | Erie Main Line, Northern Branch | Jersey City 40°44′45″N 74°03′54″W / 40.745873°N 74.064881°W |
Active for freight. Junction at southern end of NS Croxton Yard. Passenger service ended after Erie operations were shifted from Pavonia Terminal to Lackawanna Terminal. |
| DL&W | Sussex Branch, Newton Branch | Lafayette 41°03′34″N 74°43′40″W / 41.059349°N 74.727842°W |
[3] Abandoned | |
| DLW, CNJ, NJT, ME | Dover & Rockaway RR, NJT | Dover 40°53′55″N 74°34′20″W / 40.898484°N 74.572155°W |
Active freight branch used by ME off of NJ Transit Morristown Line | |
| C&A, WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, CSAO | C&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Morris Branch to Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line) | Pennsauken 39°58′40″N 75°03′42″W / 39.977732°N 75.061638°W |
[4] Main lines exist, connecting Morris Branch abandoned to the north, new junction created to the south | |
| WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT | Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line), Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad | Haddonfield 39°53′26″N 75°02′00″W / 39.890630°N 75.033215°W |
Medford branch abandoned | |
| CNJ | Southern Div. and Seashore Br. Longbranch Conn. | Eatontown 40°17′54″N 74°04′07″W / 40.298255°N 74.068627°W |
Southern Div. operated by CSX, Seashore Br. Longbranch Conn. abandoned | |
| Ferromonte Junction | CNJ, EL, DL&W | High Bridge (CNJ) and Chester (DL&W) Branches | Kenvil 40°53′05″N 74°37′06″W / 40.884686°N 74.618310°W |
Ferromonte Junction is a railroad junction located in Kenvil, New Jersey. It was originally formed by the crossing at grade of the Central Railroad of New Jersey's High Bridge Branch (former Long Valley Railroad) with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Chester Branch (former Chester Railroad) and the connection to the Ferromonte Railroad (a CNJ subsidiary). When the Chester Branch was abandoned east of the junction, a switch was cut in to connect the western portion to the High Bridge Branch, and both lines are now operated by the Morristown and Erie Railway |
| C&A, WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, CSAO | C&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line) | Pennsauken 39°58′33″N 75°03′54″W / 39.975889°N 75.064931°W |
[4] Exists | |
| PRR | Bel-Del Mainline, Flemington Branch | Lambertville 40°22′31″N 74°56′58″W / 40.375157°N 74.949429°W |
Bel-Del Mainline Abandoned, Black River and Western Railroad owns Flemington Branch | |
| Flemington Junction | LV | LV Mainline, Flemington Branch | Flemington Junction 40°31′54″N 74°50′23″W / 40.531740°N 74.839629°W |
Branch abandoned |
| NYSW, LHR | NYSW Zinc Mine branch, LHR Main | Franklin, New Jersey 41°07′19″N 74°35′22″W / 41.121819°N 74.589460°W |
NYSW Hanford Branch abandoned 1958, LHR acquired portion from Franklin Junction south to New Jersey Zinc Company and renamed "NJ Zinc Mine Branch", abandoned 1987. NYSW runs freight on LHR trackage currently through Franklin. | |
| ACRR, RDG, P-RSL | ACRR Main Line, Grenloch Branch | Camden 39°54′11″N 75°07′06″W / 39.903108°N 75.118305°W |
Exists | |
| Granton Junction | NYC NYSW | NYSW West Shore Railroad | North Bergen 40°48′18″N 74°01′23″W / 40.805105°N 74.022920°W |
NYSW CSX River Subdivision CSX Northern Branch |
| CNJ, CSAO | CNJ Mainline, Newark Branch/Chemical Coast Line | Elizabeth 40°39′30″N 74°11′02″W / 40.658334°N 74.183750°W |
Mainline east to Jersey City abandoned | |
| CNJ, NYSW | NYSW Mainline, High Bridge Branch (Wharton & Northern RR) | Jefferson 41°02′16″N 74°26′02″W / 41.03785°N 74.433856°W |
Second connection after Charlotteburg Reservoir was created. CNJ abandoned 1971, NYSW active. | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch, Hacklebarney Branch | Chester 40°47′17″N 74°43′16″W / 40.787918°N 74.721056°W |
All abandoned | |
| WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, PATCO | Camden & Atlantic RR, PATCO Speedline, NJT Atlantic City Line | Haddonfield 39°54′15″N 75°02′31″W / 39.904068°N 75.041939°W |
[4] Junction at Vernon Interlocking for Main Line to Broadway Station at Camden (now PATCO Speedline) and "Bridge trains" to Philadelphia via Delair Bridge (now NJT Atlantic City Line) | |
| NYSW, LNE | Former connection of the two railroads to shared single track | Hainesburg 40°56′35.94″N 75°3′51.54″W / 40.9433167°N 75.0643167°W |
NYSW Main northeast of Hainesburg Jct. to East Stroudsburg, P.A. abandoned and removed 1941, LNE Main west of Hainesburg Jct. abandoned 1961, NYSW abandoned 1962, all trackage removed 1962. Both railroads used 18 miles of shared track from this point north (to Swartswood Junction). A freight interchange yard between the NYS&W and the LNE existed just south of this junction. | |
| NYSW, LHR | NYSW Hanford Branch, LHR Main | Hamburg 41°08′25″N 74°34′36″W / 41.140156°N 74.576802°W |
NYSW Hanford Branch to north abandoned 1958. Track removed from Hamburg to Unionville, NY 1959. NYSW runs freight on LHR trackage currently through Hamburg. | |
| Hampton Junction | DL&W, CNJ | Hampton Branch, CNJ mainline | Hampton 40°42′36″N 74°57′04″W / 40.709912°N 74.951059°W |
Hampton Branch abandoned 1958, trackage removed 1959, CNJ Main abandoned, tracks still in place |
| ACRR, RDG, P-RSL | Cape May Branch, Harbor Branch | Cape May 38°57′25″N 74°55′17″W / 38.956915°N 74.921449°W |
Harbor Branch abandoned | |
| CNJ, DLW, ME | High Bridge Branch (Hibernia Mine RR), DLW Rockaway Branch | Rockaway 40°53′35″N 74°30′54″W / 40.893162°N 74.514965°W |
ME operates along CNJ; DLW Rockaway Branch abandoned | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch, CNJ Main | High Bridge 40°40′11″N 74°53′59″W / 40.669814°N 74.899762°W |
High Bridge Br. abandoned 1976 by Conrail, trackage removed 1977. CNJ Main abandoned from High Bridge to Phillipsburg by NJT. Tracks still in place. | |
| PRR | Camden and Amboy Railroad, Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad | East Windsor 40°15′41″N 74°32′27″W / 40.261390°N 74.540921°W |
Abandoned | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch (Lake Hopatcong RR, Dover & Rockaway RR, Longwood Valley RR) | Kenvil 40°53′48″N 74°36′01″W / 40.896801°N 74.600335°W |
All abandoned | |
| Hunter | PRR, CNJ | Raritan Valley Line, NEC, Conrail Lehigh Line | Newark | |
| PRR, RDG | PRR Amboy Div., RDG branch | Beachwood 39°56′21″N 74°11′31″W / 39.939059°N 74.192001°W |
Abandoned | |
| Kearny Junction | Amtrak, NJT | Northeast Corridor, Morris & Essex Lines | Kearny 40°44′38″N 74°07′29″W / 40.7438°N 74.1248°W |
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| Kent Junction | ||||
| DLW, EL, NJT | Boonton Branch (NJT Main Line), Harrison Cut-Off | Lyndhurst 40°47′38″N 74°06′26″W / 40.794017°N 74.107201°W |
Harrison Cut-Off abandoned. | |
| DL&W | Chester Branch | Kenvil 40°54′18″N 74°36′04″W / 40.904892°N 74.601188°W |
The Chester branch begins at the Lake Junction interchange, where all incoming and outgoing cars are exchanged with Norfolk Southern. The line continues in a southwest direction, to Ferromonte Junction, the start of the High Bridge Branch, and continues southward for about a mile. The line is now operated by the Morristown and Erie Railway, which provides daily service. | |
| LV | Clinton Branch and Pittstown Branch | Franklin 40°36′24″N 74°54′48″W / 40.606748°N 74.913405°W |
Both Branches are abandoned and now serve as rail trails maintained by the State of New Jersey. | |
| SIRT, B&O, ME, PRR, NJT | North Shore Branch, Northeast Corridor Line | Linden 40°38′28″N 74°14′22″W / 40.641231°N 74.239385°W |
SIR active freight line, NEC active passenger line, no current connection | |
| Little Ferry Junction | NYSW | Edgewater Branch | Ridgefield Park 40°50′32″N 74°01′41″W / 40.84228°N 74.02809°W |
Exists, Edgewater Branch abandoned further east |
| NYSW | Lodi Industrial Spur | Lodi 40°53′28.98″N 74°3′26.51″W / 40.8913833°N 74.0573639°W |
Short industrial spur that used to serve a number of businesses along Gregg St in Lodi. Mostly used now for car storage. Now abandoned just before Garibaldi Ave, tracks removed south of this point and almost no trace of ROW remains. Used to cross Rt 46 and continue into center of Lodi through residential neighborhood where it served a number of chemical plants, which have long since burned down, exploded, or been demolished. | |
| NYSW | NYSW Mainline, Macopin Lake Branch | Jefferson 41°02′18″N 74°25′45″W / 41.038246°N 74.429049°W |
Branch abandoned | |
| DL&W, PRR | Lackawanna Old Road, Bel-Del | Columbia 40°51′42″N 75°02′52″W / 40.861770°N 75.047834°W |
All abandoned | |
| Marion Junction | PRR, ERIE, CSX, CSAO | River Line, Passaic and Harsimus Line | Jersey City 40°44′16″N 74°04′25″W / 40.737665°N 74.07372°W |
Exists, active for freight |
| NY&GL, ERIE | NY&GL Main, Erie Main | Jersey City 40°44′56″N 74°04′07″W / 40.749027°N 74.068522°W |
Junction no longer exists. Merger of Erie with DL&W rendered junction obsolete, as former Erie Mainline (now NJT Main Line) and NY&GL Line (was NJT Boonton Line) to Pavonia Terminal shifted on to DL&W M&E line to Hoboken Terminal. Merger of Montclair Branch with Boonton Line ended traffic through junction and creation of Secaucus Junction obliterated former Erie Mainline ROW. | |
| WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL | Philadelphia and Atlantic Line, Mount Holly and Medford Branch | Mount Holly 39°59′19″N 74°47′59″W / 39.988654°N 74.799591°W |
All abandoned | |
| PRR, NS, CSX, NJT | PRR, Camden & Burlington County Railroad, NJT Atlantic City Line | Pennsauken 39°57′21″N 75°02′21″W / 39.955790°N 75.039102°W |
[4] Exists, active for passenger service | |
| PRR | New York Line, Millham Branch | Hamilton 40°14′12″N 74°43′51″W / 40.236683°N 74.730835°W |
exists | |
| PRR | PRR/NJ Transit/Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad | New Brunswick 40°28′45″N 74°27′53″W / 40.479294°N 74.464852°W |
Active for local freight service up to just west of Cylde Road in Somerset, abandoned further west of Cylde Road. Few remnants remain of the original line west of Cylde Road in Somerset to East Millstone, NJ. A nice pictorial account of the Millstone Branch is at this website. | |
| NY&LB, CNJ | CNJ Freehold Branch, NY&LB Main | Aberdeen 40°24′54″N 74°13′21″W / 40.415014°N 74.222504°W |
CNJ line abandoned | |
| Monmouth Junction | PRR | New York Line/Jamesburg Branch/Rocky Hill Branch | South Brunswick Midway Interlocking 40°22′48″N 74°32′34″W / 40.380057°N 74.542685°W |
exists, Rocky Hill Branch is abandoned |
| NY&LB, NJT | New York and Long Branch Railroad/North Jersey Coast Line, Monmouth Park Branch | Oceanport 40°19′03″N 74°01′23″W / 40.317381°N 74.022975°W |
Branch no longer used, as a Monmouth Park station on the line was created | |
| C&A, WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, CSAO | C&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Morris Branch to Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line) | Pennsauken 39°59′06″N 75°03′09″W / 39.985062°N 75.052389°W |
[4] Main lines exist, connecting Morris Branch abandoned to the south, new junction created to the south | |
| CNJ | Lake Hopatcong RR and Wharton & Northern RR | Wharton 40°54′16″N 74°36′33″W / 40.904461°N 74.609171°W |
All abandoned | |
| C&A, PRR, NJT | C&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company | Burlington 40°04′46″N 74°50′54″W / 40.079408°N 74.848267°W |
[5] Mount Holly to Burlington abandoned | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch (Dover & Rockaway RR, Mount Hope Mineral RR) | Wharton 40°54′13″N 74°34′40″W / 40.903507°N 74.577915°W |
All abandoned, along Wharton Rail Trail | |
| LV | LV Mainline, Musconetcong Branch | Bethlehem 40°38′27″N 75°06′23″W / 40.640721°N 75.106455°W |
Branch abandoned | |
| DL&W | Sussex Branch, Newton Branch | Newton 41°02′37″N 74°44′19″W / 41.043548°N 74.738730°W |
[5] Abandoned | |
| LV, CNJ, CSAO, CSX, NS | LV Mainline (CSAO Lehigh Line), CNJ Newark Branch (CSAO Chemical Coast) | Newark 40°42′42″N 74°08′47″W / 40.711726°N 74.146408°W |
Active for freight. Located at east end of Oak Island Yard. | |
| RDG, ACRR, P-RSL | Ocean City Branch | Ocean View 39°14′45″N 74°42′56″W / 39.245956°N 74.71567°W |
Branch to Ocean City exists, Branch to Sea Isle does not | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch (Wharton & Northern RR, Oreland Branch) | Rockaway 40°58′19″N 74°30′21″W / 40.972010°N 74.505954°W |
All abandoned | |
| (Hackensack Junction) | EL, NJT | Bergen County Line, Pascack Valley Line | East Rutherford 40°48′58″N 74°05′42″W / 40.816095°N 74.094893°W |
Exists |
| Passaic Junction and Passaic Branch Junction | NYSW, EL, NJT, NS, M&E | NYSW mainline, NJT Bergen County Line | Saddle Brook 40°54′08″N 74°06′15″W / 40.902256°N 74.104303°W |
Active junctions used for freight. Passaic Junction is a rail yard for NYSW. It includes a track that junctions with the New Jersey Transit Bergen County Line (to the northwest). To the southwest the yard, after the NYSW main line passes under the NJT trestle, the Passaic Branch junction connects to a branch line terminating in Garfield. NS and M&E connections are via the NJT junction. |
| DLW, ERIE, EL, NJT | DLW Boonton Branch (now NJT Main Line), ERIE Newark Branch | Clifton 40°52′50″N 74°09′51″W / 40.880614°N 74.164078°W |
DLW Boonton Branch originally headed northwest to Boonton. It crossed over Erie Newark Branch, which terminated at the Erie Main Line at Paterson Station. After the Passaic Plan went into effect in the 1960s, lines merged and continued north along the Erie line. Route 80 was built over the line to Boonton. Junction exists, but Newark Branch only sees occasional freight usage. | |
| PRR | PRR Amboy Div. | Pemberton 39°58′32″N 74°41′58″W / 39.975458°N 74.699456°W |
Abandoned | |
| PRR, NS, CSX | PRR, Camden & Burlington County Railroad | Pennsauken 39°57′14″N 75°02′03″W / 39.954014°N 75.034062°W |
[4] Exists, active for freight, abandoned to west | |
| PRR, NJT | New York Line/Northeast Corridor Line, Perth Amboy Branch/North Jersey Coast Line | Rahway 40°35′56″N 74°17′06″W / 40.598937°N 74.285078°W |
exists | |
| Phillipsburg Junction | ||||
| NYSW,NY&GL/Erie | NY&GL, later the Erie's Greenwood Lake Branch/NYSW main | Pompton Lakes 41°00′12″N 74°18′00″W / 41.003435°N 74.300039°W |
Now the junction between the NYSW main and its Pompton Industrial spur, which was the NY&GL main. | |
| Port Morris Junction | DL&W | Phillipsburg Line /Lackawanna Cut-Off | Roxbury 40°54′28″N 74°40′11″W / 40.90769°N 74.66968°W |
Tower exists, adjacent to Port Morris yard, Lackawanna Cut-Off tracks removed in 1984. |
| Port Reading Junction | LV, RDG | Former junction for the Reading Railroad Trenton Line and Lehigh Valley Railroad Main Line | Manville 40°32′52″N 74°34′34″W / 40.547657°N 74.57624°W |
A major railroad junction used by Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern for freight operations into northeastern New Jersey from points south and west. There are a lot of train movements through this junction every day. |
| Princeton Junction | PRR | New York Line/Princeton Branch | West Windsor 40°19′00″N 74°37′24″W / 40.3167°N 74.6233°W |
Exists, Used by NJ Transit as shuttle to Princeton. |
| Richland Junction | CSAO,P-RSL,ACRR | |||
| Ridgewood Junction | NJT, NS | Main Line/Bergen County Line | Glen Rock 40°58′14″N 74°07′34″W / 40.970548°N 74.126057°W |
Still an active junction. Controlled remotely. Stone interlocking tower WJ still stands at this location, but is not active, used by maintenance of way crews. |
| NY&GL, ERIE | NY&GL Main/Ringwood Branch(spur) | Ringwood 41°6′19.74″N 74°16′22.43″W / 41.1054833°N 74.2728972°W |
All lines abandoned, no tracks, ROW still visible. Junction allowed the Ringwood branch to split off from the main and go several miles to the north to the Iron Mines (Peter's Mine/Cannon Mine) and Ringwood Station. Passenger service ended around 1939, service to mines ended after WWII, rails removed sometime in 1960s. | |
| Riddleton Junction | WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL | Salem Railroad, Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad | Woodstown 39°35′40″N 75°21′10″W / 39.594392°N 75.352886°W |
All Abandoned |
| DL&W, EL, NJT | NJ Transit Morris and Essex Lines | Newark 40°45′17″N 74°11′27″W / 40.754747°N 74.190944°W |
Continues to be a junction on the NJ Transit Morris and Essex lines as the Montclair-Boonton line breaks off from the mainline in Newark. | |
| ERIE, EL | Erie Main Line/Bergen County Line | Rutherford 40°50′12″N 74°06′16″W / 40.836719°N 74.104464°W |
Junction no longer exists. Junction was just north of Rutherford Station, and was controlled by a stone interlocking tower ("BJ"), which still stands at the site. The Main Line trackage diverted to the left, crossing the Passaic River into Passaic, where the rails went right up the center of Main Ave for about a mile with north and south bound auto traffic on either side of the rails. The Main Line continued through Paterson, and continued north until it met the Bergen County Line at its northern end at Ridgewood Jct ("WJ"). After the merger with the DL&W, the Erie Main Line was abandoned on west side of Passaic River and up through Passaic. The old Main Line tracks were used for a number of years after this time from the junction for about 1 mile west to serve two chemical companies that existed just east of where tracks used to cross the river (at Jackson Ave & W. Erie Ave, Rutherford). Today the old Main Line rails are still intact up to this intersection, along with dilapidated crossing gates and flashers. This track has not been used since the 1970s, is completely overgrown, and discussions are going on between Rutherford and NS to abandon it and turn it over to Rutherford for a bike/hike trail. | |
| Sayreville Junction | CSAO | Raritan River Railroad, Sayreville Branch | Sayreville 40°27′57″N 74°19′48″W / 40.465789°N 74.329950°W |
Branch abandoned |
| PRR, WJ&SS, P-RSL | Cape May Branch, Sea Isle Branch | Ocean View 39°12′24″N 74°45′53″W / 39.206586°N 74.764631°W |
Abandoned | |
| CSAO | Raritan River Railroad, Serviss Branch | East Brunswick 40°26′37″N 74°24′00″W / 40.443740°N 74.400005°W |
Active for freight | |
| PRR | Bel-Del Mainline, Mercer and Somerset Railway | Ewing 40°16′39″N 74°51′13″W / 40.277602°N 74.853522°W |
Abandoned | |
| C&A, PAW, CNJ, CSAO, NJT | Camden and Amboy Railroad, Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad, New York and Long Branch Railroad | South Amboy 40°29′23″N 74°17′3″W / 40.48972°N 74.28417°W |
Site of the abandoned Essay Tower | |
| Sparta Junction | LHR, NYSW | Former crossover of two railroads | Sparta 41°3′52.74″N 74°39′59.27″W / 41.0646500°N 74.6664639°W |
NYSW tracks west of junction abandoned 1962 (Hainesburg Branch), was an interchange with LNE. NYSW tracks from the east have a permanent connection to former LHR tracks to the north. Was previously just a crossover junction between the two railroads. Original crossover junction gone. However, there still is a junction here to use trackage south of old crossover on old LHR right of way to Limecrest Quarry about a half mile south. LHR south of that point abandoned. Eastern Propane is also served at this location. |
| SIRT, B&O, ME, LV, CSAO | North Shore Branch, Lehigh Line | Cranford 40°39′18″N 74°17′09″W / 40.655036°N 74.285818°W |
Both active freight lines, no current connection | |
| LV | ||||
| EL | Former interchange with Rahway Valley Railroad | Summit 40°42′53″N 74°21′06″W / 40.714754°N 74.351547°W |
Abandoned/rail removed, but Union County is working to restore service on the Rahway Valley Railroad and the junction might be reactivated. | |
| NYSW, LNE | NYSW Middletown Branch, LNE Mainline | Sussex 41°12′05″N 74°35′48″W / 41.201443°N 74.596535°W |
All abandoned | |
| NYSW, LNE | Former connection of the two railroads to shared single track | Newton 41°4′23.82″N 74°47′14.94″W / 41.0732833°N 74.7874833°W |
Abandoned/rails removed in 1962. Both railroads used 18 miles of shared track from this point south (to Hainesburg Junction). A telegraph office and operator was at this location to operate the hand switch and give train crews their movement orders. Its call was JU. Ruins of the building still exist. | |
| Trenton Junction | RDG | Mainline, Trenton Branch | Ewing 40°15′44″N 74°48′44″W / 40.262166°N 74.812143°W |
Active |
| Undercliff Junction | NYS&W | Mainline, Edgewater branch | Little Ferry 40°50′30″N 74°01′42″W / 40.8417°N 74.028197°W |
Junction exists, but Edgewater branch dead ends at Bergen Hill tunnel |
| DLW | DLW Chester Branch, Ferromonte Railroad | Kenvil 40°52′43″N 74°37′18″W / 40.878684°N 74.621642°W |
Ferromonte Railroad abandoned | |
| DLW, NYSW | DLW Sussex Branch, NYSW main | Lafayette 41°05′04″N 74°41′56″W / 41.084473°N 74.698967°W |
All lines now abandoned, NYSW former Mainline then Hainesburg Br. abandoned 1962, trackage removed 1962, DLW Sussex Branch abandoned 1966 by EL, trackage removed 1966 | |
| DL&W | Morris and Essex Railroad, Warren Railroad | Washington 40°45′29″N 74°58′05″W / 40.758074°N 74.968142°W |
former Warren Railroad abandoned, former M&E line active freight line | |
| (Barnegat Junction) | CNJ, TRR | Toms River and Barnegat RR, Tuckerton Railroad | Waretown 39°46′43″N 74°12′37″W / 39.778543°N 74.210287°W |
All abandoned |
| DLW, ERIE, EL, NJT | Main Line, Morris & Essex Lines | Jersey City 40°44′27″N 74°03′55″W / 40.740951°N 74.065405°W |
Active for passenger service | |
| NJS, NY&LB, CNJ | CNJ Southern Div., NY&LB Main | Long Branch 40°17′08″N 73°59′22″W / 40.285500°N 73.989444°W |
CNJ Southern Div. abandoned (toward Sandy Hook). Passenger service active on NJT North Jersey Coast Line | |
| PRR | PRR/NJT/Amtrak Northeast Corridor, New York Bay Railroad, West Newark Branch | Newark 40°42′47″N 74°11′08″W / 40.712978°N 74.185593°W |
West Newark Branch abandoned | |
| CNJ, NYSW | NYSW Mainline, High Bridge Branch (Wharton & Northern RR) | Jefferson 41°01′38″N 74°25′00″W / 41.027249°N 74.416690°W |
Was original connection before Charlotteburg Reservoir was created. CNJ abandoned 1971, NYSW active. | |
| CNJ | High Bridge Branch (Wharton & Northern RR, Morris County Connecting RR) | Wharton 40°54′54″N 74°35′35″W / 40.914871°N 74.593059°W |
All abandoned | |
| CNJ, PRR | CNJ Southern Division, PRR Amboy Div., Tuckerton Railroad | Whiting 39°57′06″N 74°22′46″W / 39.951645°N 74.379342°W |
CNJ Southern Division active for freight | |
| Wildwood Junction | RDG, ACRR, P-RSL | Cape May Branch/Wildwood Branch | Rio Grande 39°01′50″N 74°51′56″W / 39.030420°N 74.865582°W |
Wildwood Branch is abandoned. Bridge at Grassy Sound has been removed. |
| W&DR, ACRR P-RSL |
Clementon Branch/Williamstown Branch | Winslow 39°44′13″N 74°55′15″W / 39.737027°N 74.920806°W |
Williamstown Branch is abandoned. Williamstown Branch ran to Mullica Hill to the west and Atco to east, with earlier continuation to Atsion. Section between Glassboro and Williamstown currently serves as the Monroe Township Bikeway rail trail.[6] | |
| Winslow Junction | WJ&SS ACRR CNJ P-RSL |
CNJ Southern Div. WJ&SS Main Line ACRR Main Line/Cape May Branch |
Winslow 39°39′42″N 74°50′46″W / 39.661572°N 74.846117°W |
exists, CNJ Southern Div. abandoned 1978 to the north, ACRR AC Line is abandoned to the east |
| Woodbine Junction (Mount Pleasant Junction) | P-RSL ACRR WJ&SS |
WJ&SS Millville Branch ACRR Cape May Branch |
Woodbine 39°13′49″N 74°47′44″W / 39.230198°N 74.795671°W |
WJ&S Millville Branch is abandoned |
| (Long Branch Junction) | CNJ, PRR, CSAO, NJT | Chemical Coast Line, Perth Amboy Branch | Perth Amboy 40°31′35″N 74°16′00″W / 40.526392°N 74.266723°W |
exists, Perth Amboy Branch is abandoned to the south |
Abbreviations used in the table:
- ACRR = Atlantic City Railroad
- B&O = Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- BRW = Blairstown Railway
- C&A = Camden and Amboy Railroad
- CNJ = Central Railroad of New Jersey
- CSAO = Conrail Shared Assets Operations
- DLW = Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- ERIE = Erie Railroad
- EL = Erie Lackawanna Railroad
- LHR = Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- LV = Lehigh Valley Railroad
- NJT = New Jersey Transit
- LNE = Lehigh & New England
- M&E = Morristown & Erie Railway
- NS = Norfolk Southern
- NYC = New York Central Railroad
- NY&GL = New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
- NYSW = New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
- PRR = Pennsylvania Railroad
- P-RSL = Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
- RDG = Reading Railroad
- SIRT = Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
- WJ&S = West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
- W&DR = Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
Line names may not be official, but serve to identify the line.
References[]
- ^ Thorpe, Steve (April 23, 2009). "CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
- ^ Heyer, Gruel & Associates, PA (August 2000). "Bayonne, 2000 Master Plan" (PDF). City of Bayonne, NJ. pp. X4–X9.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Sussex County railroad map, 1895
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Railway World: In which is Incorporated the United States Railroad and Mining Register, 41, 1897
- ^ Jump up to: a b Richard Edwards (1882), Industries of New Jersey, Part 1
- ^ planning.co.ocean.nj.us
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