Northeast Corridor Line

Northeast Corridor Line
Train #3945 enters New Brunswick.
Info
Type	Commuter rail line
System	New Jersey Transit
Locale	Central New Jersey
Termini	New York Penn Station Trenton Transit Center
Stations	17
Daily ridership	53,798[1]
Operation
Owner	Amtrak (tracks)
Operator(s)	New Jersey Transit
Rolling stock	ALP-44 locomotives ALP-46 locomotives Arrow III Comet Series Bombardier Transportation Multilevels
Technical
Track length	57.1 mi (91.9 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Sunnyside Yard East River New York Penn Station Amtrak Hudson R., N.Y./N.J. border Secaucus Junction Hackensack River Waterfront Connection Kearny Connection New Jersey Turnpike PATH Passaic River Newark Penn Station Amtrak Newark South Street Raritan Valley Line Lehigh Line Interstate 78 Newark Airport Amtrak AirTrain Newark North Elizabeth Broad St.-Elizabeth South Elizabeth Linden North Rahway Rahway North Jersey Coast Line diverges Garden State Parkway Colonia Iselin Metropark Amtrak Menlo Park Metuchen Interstate 287 Edison Raritan River New Brunswick Amtrak Jersey Avenue Adams Deans Monmouth Junction Plainsboro Princeton Junction Amtrak Princeton Lawrence Interstate 295 Hamilton Trenton River LINE to Camden Delaware River Amtrak Northeast Corridor Morrisville Yard

The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail operation run by New Jersey Transit along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It is the successor to commuter services provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad along the section between Trenton, New Jersey and New York Penn Station. At New York Penn Station, trains are either turned around for service back to New Jersey or head to Sunnyside Yard for storage. Most servicing is done at the Morrisville Yard at the western end of the line. The Northeast Corridor Line is colored red on the current New Jersey Transit system maps and its symbol is the State House in Trenton.

Rolling stock

All service on the Northeast Corridor is electric and uses either Budd/GE Arrow III electric cars built in 1978 or push-pull locomotive trains (ALP-44 or ALP-46). These trains are made up of Comet series cars or the new Bombardier Transportation Multilevels.

Service

The Northeast Corridor Line operates with two specific routings: New York Penn to Trenton or New York Penn to Jersey Avenue. This is due to the unique layout of Jersey Avenue which only allows it to be used as a terminal for northbound trains. Peak period trains arrive in New York City on weekdays between 7:01 AM and 9:19 AM, and leave New York City on weekdays between 4:01 PM and 6:52 PM (although some of the trains involved are, strictly speaking, North Jersey Coast Line trains, which use the Northeast Corridor between Rahway and New York).^[2][3] All stations except for Jersey Avenue are wheelchair accessible.

Clockers

Amtrak's Philadelphia-New York Clockers, primarily used by commuters, last ran October 28, 2005, and on October 31 New Jersey Transit began operating several extra Trenton-New York express trips to partially replace the Clockers, operated as 39xx trains. Connecting SEPTA R7 Trenton service between Philadelphia and Trenton is listed in the timetable. Currently, no Northeast Corridor Line trains use the Waterfront Connection to Hoboken Terminal; passengers bound for Hoboken can transfer at Newark Penn Station or Secaucus Junction.

Ridership

With high levels of service and a route through one of the most densely populated areas of the United States, the Northeast Corridor Line is New Jersey Transit's busiest rail line. On an average weekday in 2007, the Northeast Corridor Line handled 53,798 boardings.^[1] The line also contains all of New Jersey Transit's busiest non-terminal stations: Metropark with 7,620 boardings; Princeton Junction with 7,355; Trenton with 6,045; and New Brunswick with 5,787 weekday boardings.^[1]

Station stops

The following station stops are made by Northeast Corridor Line trains; not all trains make all stops.

References

External links

• New Jersey Transit - Northeast Corridor Line schedulePDF (554 KB)
• Northeast Corridor Line & Proposals on Google Maps

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