Secaucus Junction

Coordinates: 40.76161° N 74.074985° W

Secaucus Junction New Jersey Transit transfer station
A train arriving at the upper level of Secaucus Junction station
Station statistics
Lines	Bergen County Line Gladstone Branch Main Line Montclair-Boonton Line Morristown Line Northeast Corridor Line North Jersey Coast Line Pascack Valley Line
Levels	2
Platforms	3 island platforms and 2 side platforms
Tracks	8
Other information
Opened	15 December 2003
Electrified	15 December 2003
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	1
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	2.678 million 0% (NJT)
Services
Previous station   Metro-North Railroad   Next station Suffern toward Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Hoboken Terminus Previous station   New Jersey Transit   Next station Newark Penn toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line New York Terminus Newark Penn toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Newark Broad Street toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Morristown Line Newark Broad Street toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Wood-Ridge toward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Hoboken Terminus Kingsland toward Port Jervis Main Line Rutherford toward Port Jervis Bergen County Line

The Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station, known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages, is a major rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey. The station was opened on December 15, 2003 to rectify a long-standing problem on New Jersey Transit's rail system - many of its commuter train routes terminated at Hoboken Terminal, forcing travelers to use the PATH system or ferries to access New York City. The construction of the $450 million, 312,000 ft² (29,000 m²) station atop the spot where the Hoboken-bound tracks pass under the New York Penn Station-bound tracks allows travelers to switch trains more conveniently and save an estimated 15 minutes traveling to midtown.

Of New Jersey Transit's 11 commuter rail lines, three do not make stops at Secaucus Junction. Raritan Valley Line service terminates at Newark Penn Station; the diesel locomotives used on the line are not permitted in New York Penn Station or the Hudson River tunnels. The Atlantic City Line runs only in the southern part of the state, and trains on the Princeton Branch operate in shuttle service between Princeton and Princeton Junction only. Morris and Essex Lines trains arriving and departing from Hoboken Terminal do not operate via Secaucus Junction; only some of the Midtown Direct service on those lines makes a stop at the station.

The station was named after Senator Frank Lautenberg, who had worked to allocate federal funds for the project.

Despite its name, Secaucus Junction is not a true junction, in which trains can be switched between lines; there is currently no rail connection between the upper and lower levels. It would be more accurately called Secaucus Transfer or the Secaucus Connection, since it allows passengers to change trains rather than allowing trains to change direction. This might change in the future, if the Access to the Region's Core program is built as planned.

To create the junction the bodies from the Hudson County Burial Grounds had to be disinterred and moved to another cemetery.

In 2005, a new Exit 15X was opened on the New Jersey Turnpike to provide access to the station and surrounding area. There is no public parking at the junction as it was built to allow rail commuters to get to mid-town Manhattan more easily by switching to trains serving Penn Station.

The station is located on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line, but, as of 2007, no Amtrak trains stop there.

External links

• NJTransit official site

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