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The Newark and New York Railroad was a passenger rail line that ran between

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Newark Newark most commonly refers to: * Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States * Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area Newark may also refer to: Places Canada * Niagara-on-the ...

and the

Communipaw Terminal The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replacing ...

at the mouth of the

North River (Hudson River) North River is an alternative name for the southernmost portion of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City and Gateway Region, northeastern New Jersey in the United States. The entire watercourse was known as the North River by the Du ...

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Hackensack River The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the subur ...

and

Passaic River Passaic River ( ) is a river, approximately long, in Northern New Jersey. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, ...

just north of their mouths at the

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northeastern New Jersey The Gateway Region is the primary urbanized area of the northeastern section of New Jersey. It is anchored by Newark, the state's most populous city. While sometimes known as the Newark metropolitan area, it is part of the New York metropolitan ...

. The

Central Railroad of New Jersey The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central or Jersey Central Lines , was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s. It was absorbed into Conrail in April 1976 along with several other prominent bankrupt railroads of ...

operated it from its opening in 1869. Though operations ended in 1946; portions remained in use until 1967.

History

Opened on July 23, 1869 and operated by the

(CNJ), the railroad provided a direct route between

and its

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.ferries to New York. The line cost $300,000 per mile, unprecedented at the time, earning it the sobriquet "the country's costliest railroad". In 1872 a connection south was added at a junction called Newark Transfer to

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, where it joined the railroad's main line, which crossed

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on the predecessor of the

CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge The Newark Bay Bridge of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) was a railroad bridge in New Jersey that connected Elizabethport and Bayonne at the southern end of Newark Bay. Its third and final incarnation was a four-track vertical-lift ...

. The line was built partially to relieve overcrowding and reduce the travel time taken on the

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line to Exchange Place on the Hudson River waterfront. The route travelled west from the Hudson and crossed

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where a

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had been excavated for a

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(ROW). It then crossed the Hackensack to

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, the tip of a larger peninsula formally known as

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, to the

. The bridges across the rivers were raised in 1913 to accommodate shipping. Upon crossing the Passaic River, it entered the Ironbound Section of Newark at Ferry and St. Francis Streets, traveling parallel to and south of Market Street until it crossed Ferry Street again between Union and Prospect Streets. From there, the line crossed over the

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(PRR) tracks and terminated at Broad Street. At its peak over 100 passenger trains used the route daily. After a boat collided with the

Hackensack Drawbridge The Hackensack Drawbridge (also known as the HD Draw) was a double-track railroad movable bridge across the mouth of the Hackensack River between Jersey City and Kearny, New Jersey.(June 23, 1940)Authority Calls Hackensack Span Menace; Wants Dr ...

in 1946 causing severe damage, the through line was discontinued, and the bridge was dismantled. Passenger trains from both Newark and

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over the Passaic to Kearny to serve a

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plant on Kearny Point until the

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was implemented in 1967. The

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of the Hackensack bridge are still visible (at ) from the shoreline along the proposed

Hackensack RiverWalk Hackensack RiverWalk, also known as the Hackensack River Greenway, a is partially constructed greenway along the Newark Bay and Hackensack River in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The linear park, which closely follows the contour ...

. Several open-deck spans of the Passaic River swing bridge, and its main pier (though not the swing span itself), remain (at ). While the Newark terminal building is still standing and is part of the Four Corners Historic District the trackage and train shed which served it are now the site of the

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. The rail yard is site of the proposed

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. The bridges from the yard over

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, the PRR tracks now used by

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(NJT) to

Newark Penn Station Pennsylvania Station (also known as Newark Penn Station) is an intermodal passenger station in Newark, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, Newark Penn Station is served by multiple rail and bus carriers, ...

, and New Jersey Railroad Avenue still exist. A station house at the Jackson Avenue station survived until at least 2007.Jackson Avenue Station
/ref>Jackson Avenue Station
/ref> The ROW through

and

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in Jersey City has become part of the

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. NJT has announced plans for 0.7 mile extension of the West Side Branch from its current terminus at West Side Avenue Station over Route 440 to a redevelopment area known as Bayfront, where a new station would be constructed.NJ Transit's board advances light-rail extension, awards transit center contract
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1931 aerial view of the rail line through Ironbound Section of NewarkNewark and New York BranchInterior photograph of Newark terminalinterior photograph of Newark terminal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newark And New York Railroad Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad bridges in New Jersey Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey Transportation in Newark, New Jersey History of Newark, New Jersey

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