Pennsylvania Station
Location: 11 W. Grand St.
Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Replacement station built by New Jersey Transit.
Central of New Jersey Station
Location: Morris Ave. and Julian Pl.
Railroad: Central of New Jersey
Service discontinued 1978, building still stands.
The Pennsylvania Railroad crossed over the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) on a bridge at this location, with stations adjacent. The CNJ station is visible from Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains using the present Northeast Corridor trackage. Until 1967, this was the CNJ main line, terminating at Jersey City. In 1967, CNJ commuter trains were transferred to the Newark Pennsylvania Railroad station, using former Lehigh Valley trackage between Newark and Cranford. Until 1978, shuttle trains continued to operate between Cranford and Bayonne, near Jersey City, and stopped at Elizabeth. After that time, the former CNJ line was abandoned through Elizabeth.
Pennsylvania Station
Opened in 1935
Location: 1 Raymond Plaza West
Railroads: Pennsylvania Railroad, Lehigh Valley
Continues in use by Amtrak and NJ Transit commuter trains.
Lehigh Valley service discontinued 1961. Although beginning in 1967, the Lehigh Valley main line would be used for Central Railroad of New Jersey trains to reach this station.
Broad Street Station
Opened in 1903, replacing earlier station built in 1836
Location: 25 University Ave.
Railroad: Delaware Lackawanna & Western
Continues in use by NJ Transit commuter trains.
Central of New Jersey Station
Railroad: Central of New Jersey
Location: 836 Broad St.
Service discontinued 1967, building still stands.
Was served by shuttle trains connecting with main line trains at Elizabethport.
Fourth Avenue Station
Location: east end 4th Ave.
Railroad: Erie Railroad
Service discontinued 1966.
Was served by commuter branch line between Jersey City and Paterson.
Erie Station
Opened in 1883
Location: Main Ave. and Jefferson St.
Railroad: Erie Railroad
Route abandoned 1963.
Lackawanna Station
Location: Van Houten Ave. and Passaic Ave.
Railroad: Delaware Lackawanna & Western
Continues in use by NJ Transit former Erie commuter trains.
For many years, the Erie main line through Passaic had been the source of numerous complaints, dividing the city and with trains tying up traffic. In 1960, the Erie Lackawanna merger was completed. And in 1963, former Erie trains were shifted to the former Delaware Lackawanna & Western trackage.
Links/Additional Information
Passaic Station (Wikipedia)
Erie Station
Opened in 1930
Location: Market St. and Ward St.
Railroad: Erie Railroad
Replacement station built by New Jersey Transit.
Lackawanna Station
Location: Lackawanna Plaza and Marshall St.
Railroad: Delaware Lackawanna & Western
Route abandoned 1963.
After the 1960 Erie Lackawanna merger, these two railroads were no longer competing for commuter traffic in Paterson. Paterson had been served by the Lackawanna "Boonton Line". But a few years after the merger, the Boonton Line right of way through Paterson was sold to allow for construction of Interstate Highway 80. And Boonton Line trains were shifted to the Greenwood Lake Branch of the former Erie Railroad, between west of Hoboken and Mountain View.
New York Susquehanna & Western Station
Location: Madison Ave. and Ellison St.
Railroad: New York Susquehanna & Western
Service discontinued 1966.
Pennsylvania Station
Location: 72 S. Clinton Ave.
Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Replacement station built by New Jersey Transit.
Reading Station
Location: Warren St. and Tucker St.
Railroad: Reading
Shuttle trains replaced with buses in 1954, buses discontinued in 1963.
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