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{{short description|Commuter rail line in New Jersey and New York}}
{{about|the NJ Transit service|the Amtrak line on which the service runs|Northeast Corridor}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name            = Northeast Corridor Line
| color           = {{rcr|NJ Transit|Northeast Corridor}}
| logo            = NortheastCorridorLine.svg
| logo_width      = 50px
| image           = NJT 4603 at Metropark station, November 2008.jpg
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| caption         = A Northeast Corridor Line train at [[Metropark station|Metropark]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey]]
| type            = [[Commuter rail]]
| system          = [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]]
| locale          = [[North Jersey|Northern]] and [[Central Jersey|Central New Jersey]]
| start           = [[New York Penn Station]]
| end             = [[Trenton Transit Center]]
| stations        = 17
| daily_ridership = 81,550 (Q1, FY 2025)<ref name="njt boardings">{{cite web |title=NJ Transit boarding data by line & station|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NJTransit/comments/1jykihh/nj_transit_boarding_data_by_line_station/#lightbox|publisher=New Jersey Transit |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>
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| owner           = [[Amtrak]] (tracks)
| operator        = [[NJ Transit]]
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| stock           = [[ALP-46]] or [[ALP-45DP]] locomotives<br />[[Comet (railcar)|Comet II IV & V]] or [[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|MultiLevel]] coaches<br />[[Arrow (railcar)|Arrow III]] railcars
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| electrification = [[Overhead line]], [[Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system|12 kV 25 Hz]]
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The '''Northeast Corridor Line''' is a [[commuter rail]] service operated by [[NJ Transit]] between the [[Trenton Transit Center]] and [[New York Penn Station]] on [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] in the [[United States]]. The service is the successor to [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] commuter trains between Trenton and New York, and is NJ Transit's busiest commuter rail service. After arrival at New York Penn Station, some trains load passengers and return to New Jersey, while others continue east to [[Sunnyside Yard]] for storage. Most servicing is done at the [[Morrisville Yard]], at the west end of the line. 

As of April 27, 2025, the Northeast Corridor Line operates 131 trains (68 inbound, 63 outbound) on weekdays. Of these, 49 inbound trains originate from [[Trenton Transit Center|Trenton]], 12 from [[Jersey Avenue station|Jersey Avenue]], 4 from [[New Brunswick station|New Brunswick]], 1 from [[Metropark station|Metropark]], 1 from [[Newark Liberty International Airport Station|Newark Airport]], and 1 from [[Newark Penn Station]]. 13 outbound trains terminate at Jersey Avenue, and 50 at Trenton. Stations north of Metropark are also served by [[North Jersey Coast Line]] trains throughout the day. 

The Northeast Corridor Line is colored red on NJ Transit system maps, and its symbol is the [[New Jersey State House]]. The [[Princeton Branch]] is a shuttle service connecting to the line. Connecting [[SEPTA]] [[Trenton Line (SEPTA)|Trenton Line]] service between Philadelphia and Trenton is listed in the timetable.

== History ==

===19th century===
[[File:2023-10-05 10 32 46 View southwest along the Northeast Corridor rail line from the overpass over Mercer County Route 614 (Nottingham Way) in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|The Northeast Corridor tracks between [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] and [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] in central New Jersey]]
Service on what is now the Northeast Corridor dates to the 1830s, with trains originating and terminating at the PRR's terminal at [[Exchange Place station (Pennsylvania Railroad)|Exchange Place]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], which was the terminus of the PRR's network for most of the 19th century.

In December 1855, work to extend the line's second track from [[Elizabethtown, New Jersey|Elizabethtown]] to [[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]] was completed, eliminating the need for trains to meet in single-track territory.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1855 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1855.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=June 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> The New Jersey Railroad Board approved a contract for the rails for the second track between New Brunswick and Rahway to Cooper & Hewitt on February 5, 1859. The completion of the second track was authorized by the Board on April 23, 1859. 

In May 1859, the New Jersey Railroad began work on the project. The second track was completed in November, completing the second track from [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]] to [[Jersey City]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1859 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1859.pdf |access-date=February 7, 2021 |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=June 2015}}</ref>

In June 1873, the PRR began grading the right-of-way to widen the line from two to four tracks between Rahway and Elizabeth. In September 1873, the two additional tracks were completed between Scott Street in Rahway and Linden, and grading for the third track between Elizabeth and Waverly was underway.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1873 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1873.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=May 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

In March 1882, the PRR completed the four-tracking of the line between Houtenville and South Elizabeth with the completion of a four-track bridge over the Rahway River in Rahway. On April 1, 1882, Uniontown station was renamed ''Iselin''. On November 5, 1882, the new PX interlocking tower was placed into service at Perth Amboy Junction in Rahway.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1882 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1882.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=November 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> 

In 1885, with the exception of through the cities of Trenton, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, and Newark, the line was completely four-tracked between Trenton and Jersey City.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1885 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1885.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

===20th century===
Penn Station opened in 1910, but was originally designed for long-distance passenger trains. As a result, steam-hauled commuter traffic continued to use the older Jersey City station.

On May 10, 1914, the new DX tower at Rahway was placed into service. Newly elevated tracks 3 and 4 were completed that year between Colonia and North Rahway. In addition, a new station was built at Linden.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1914 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1914%20Feb%2005.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=February 2005 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> 

The new northbound tracks at Linden opened on July 9, 1914. In 1915, the six tracking of the line between South Elizabeth and Colonia was completed, including grade separation work in Rahway and Linden. On July 11, 1915, the westbound platforms at Rahway and the flying junction with the Perth Amboy Branch were completed. The new Rahway station was completed on December 1, 1915.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1915 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1915%20June%2004.wd.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=June 2004 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

On September 25, 1929, the PRR Board authorized the extension of the line's fifth and sixth tracks between "LANE" and "ELMORA" interlockings. The Board authorized the widening of the line's right-of-way between Elizabeth and Trenton on October 9, 1929. 

On November 1, 1929, the PRR announced it would build a new $1.75 million station at Trenton. This plan was abandoned the following spring as a result of the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1929 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1929%20Jul%2004.wd.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=July 2004 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

On April 15, 1930, the section of eastbound track 1 between Colonia station and St. George Street in Rahway was relocated to ground level. The jump over track completed in 1914 and 1915 was abandoned. On July 3, 1930, the PRR notified officials in Elizabeth that it would abandon plans to widen the line to six tracks between "LANE" and "ELMORA" as acquiring the condemnation award for the 30-foot wide strips was $290,828, when the railroad had estimated the cost would be $56,000. On September 10, 1930, the tracks on the line between "UNION" in Rahway and Colonia were realigned to eliminate a curve.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1930 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1930%204_15_15.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=April 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

After overhead catenary lines were built between Trenton and Penn Station, it was possible to run trains of [[electric multiple units]] direct to Manhattan. Accordingly, the PRR began running commuter trains from Trenton to Penn Station in 1933.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Staufer |first1=Alvin F. |last2=Pennypacker |first2=Bert |title=Pennsy Power II: Steam Diesel and Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTrsQwAACAAJ |year=1968 |publisher=Alvin F. Staufer |location=Medina, OH |isbn=978-0-944513-05-7}}</ref>

The three westernmost tracks at the new Pennsylvania Station in Newark opened for operation on March 24, 1935. An old swing bridge was replaced by a new three-track lift Dock Bridge. In addition, "DOCK" tower, located at the east end of the station, was put into service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1935 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1935%204_15_15.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=April 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

The PRR Board authorized the construction of a new waiting room and concrete platform at Rahway on June 26, 1940.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1940 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1940.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=April 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

The weekday schedule in September 1951 had six trains a day from New York City to Trenton, seven from New York City to New Brunswick, two from Jersey City to Trenton and six from Jersey City to New Brunswick. That includes just the trains that terminated at Trenton or New Brunswick; many more trains from New York City to Philadelphia and beyond carried passengers to some suburban stations.

By the 1960s, the financial situation of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] began deteriorating. With the railroad unable to sustain the money losing commuter operation, let alone invest in improved physical plant and rolling stock, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] became involved with maintaining the service. 

In 1968, NJDOT funded construction of the new [[Metropark station]]. The following year, in 1969, they funded 35 new stainless steel "Jersey Arrow" MU cars.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Messer
 | first = David W.
 |author2=Roberts, Charles S.
 | title = Triumph V – Philadelphia to New York 1830–2002
 | date = 2002-10-28
 | publisher = Barnard, Roberts and Co., Inc.
 | isbn=978-0-934118-27-9
 }}</ref> 

After 1968, the service was taken over by the merged [[Penn Central]] railroad and following the Penn Central's bankruptcy the commuter service was taken over by [[Conrail]] in 1976. Conrail continued to operate the line under contract to NJDOT. The state continued to fund replacement of the aging pre-war MU equipment with the Arrow II and Arrow III orders. Finally in 1983, NJ Transit, which already operated nearly all bus service in New Jersey, took over all of Conrail's commuter lines, including the Northeast Corridor Line.

===Clockers===
{{Main|Clocker (train)}}
[[File:AMTK 923 leaving 30th StxRP.jpg|thumb|An [[Amtrak]] ''[[Clocker (train)|Clocker]]'' departing [[30th Street Station]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1976]]
''[[Clocker (train)|Clocker]]'' trains were started by the Pennsylvania Railroad between [[Philadelphia]] and [[New York City]]; until the 1950s, weekday trains departed New York City and Philadelphia on the hour through the day, giving rise to the Clocker name. After the Amtrak takeover of the Northeast Corridor the no-longer-hourly "Clocker" service was targeted at commuters making local stops bypassed by the high speed Metroliner and individually named trains. 

During the 1990s, NJ Transit contracted with Amtrak to accept monthly NJ Transit passholders on the Clocker trains. Soon the Clockers were primarily used by NJ Transit commuters with only a handful of riders taking the trains to or from Philadelphia; the Clockers were much faster (and more comfortable) than a typical NJ Transit train, but slower and more crowded than a typical Amtrak train causing the former's riders to prefer the trains and the latter's riders to avoid them.

With most Clocker riders using NJ Transit tickets, NJ Transit supplied new ALP-46 locomotives to haul the trains' [[Amfleet]] coaches; Amtrak soon discontinued the Clocker service altogether and sold the capacity slots to NJ Transit for new Trenton express trains. The Clocker last ran on October 28, 2005, and thereafter NJ Transit began several extra Trenton-New York express trips.

== Service ==
{{Further|Northeast Corridor|North Jersey Coast Line}}
[[File:NJ Transit MultiLevel Coach 7000 SB at Metropark station.jpeg|thumb|right|An outbound Northeast Corridor Line train stops at Metropark station]]
During the peak period, stations between North Elizabeth and Rahway are mostly covered by [[North Jersey Coast Line]] trains. Stations between Rahway and New Brunswick are served by Jersey Avenue Locals, which originate and terminate at Jersey Avenue station in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], while Trenton Express trains make their first or last stop at Princeton Junction or New Brunswick. A few all-stops locals operate sporadically on weekdays as well and all day on weekends. Jersey Avenue Locals make local stops between Rahway and Elizabeth outside peak periods. North Elizabeth station is skipped by most NEC Line trains and trains cannot stop at Jersey Ave  <ref name="njt boardings" /><ref name="njctimetable">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0080.pdf|title=North Jersey Coast Timetable|date=January 17, 2010|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=30 January 2010|location=Newark, New Jersey}}</ref>

The line's route is part of the middle leg of [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]]. All eleven of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services run along this line. New York Penn, Newark Penn, and Trenton have long been among Amtrak's busiest stations; connections to Amtrak are also available at Newark International Liberty Airport, Metropark, New Brunswick, and Princeton Junction. With fast and frequent Amtrak and NJ Transit service, the Trenton to New York City portion of the Northeast Corridor is one of the busiest rail lines in [[North America]].

== 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 2012, the Northeast Corridor Line handled 117,400 boardings.<ref name="njt boardings" /> The line also contains all of New Jersey Transit's busiest non-terminal stations: [[Metropark (NJT station)|Metropark]] with 7,447 boardings; [[Princeton Junction (NJT station)|Princeton Junction]] with 6,816; [[Trenton Rail Station|Trenton]] with 4,638; and [[New Brunswick (NJT station)|New Brunswick]] with 4,976 weekday boardings.<ref name="njt boardings" />

== Rolling stock ==
[[File:NJT ALP-46 4627 at Trenton Station.jpg|thumb|A [[NJ Transit]] [[Bombardier ALP-46]] with a consist of [[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach]]es at [[Trenton Transit Center]]]]
All service on the Northeast Corridor Line is electric via overhead lines and uses either [[Budd Company|Budd]]/[[GE]] [[Arrow (railcar)#Arrow III|Arrow III]] multiple unit cars during rush hours and normally one to two sets on the weekends, and [[Push-pull train|push-pull]] locomotive trains hauled by [[ALP-46]], an electric or [[ALP-45DP]] dual-mode locomotive, at all times. These trains are made up of [[Comet (railcar)|Comet II & IV with a Comet V cab]] series cars or [[Bombardier Transportation]] [[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|MultiLevels]].

== Line improvements ==
The modern era of commuter operations began in 1983 when New Jersey Transit Rail Operations took over the service from [[Conrail]]. Since that time, numerous changes to the line intended to improve New Jersey Transit service have been made. These include the following.

=== Morrisville Yard ===
The [[Morrisville Yard]] is used for train layups. In 2007 NJT opened a new 19-track yard on the site of the former Pennsylvania Railroad freight [[classification yard]] across the [[Delaware River]] in [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville, Pennsylvania]]. The new yard replaced the haphazard collection of storage tracks around the Trenton Station complex. This not only increased the absolute number of trains that could be stored at the end of the line, but also reduced the number of relay movements needed to position trains in at the correct platform at Trenton. Capacity was also increased by trains no longer having to cross all four mainline tracks to access their storage tracks as the new Morrisville yard is accessed by a [[flying junction]].

===Trenton Transit Center===
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[[File:NJ Transit ALP-45DP 4513 NB at Trenton Transit Center.jpeg|thumb|NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line train at Trenton Transit Center]]
The [[Trenton Transit Center]] is the beginning of the New Jersey Transit portion of the Northeast Corridor line and the terminus of [[SEPTA]]'s [[Trenton Line (SEPTA)|Trenton Line]] service. The Trenton station is also a major stop for Amtrak trains, serving 2 Acelas, most Northeast Regional trains, most ''[[Keystone Service]]'' trains, and nearly all medium- and long-distance trains running along the Northeast Corridor.

In 2004 the [[River Line (New Jersey Transit)|River Line]] light rail [[Trenton (River Line station)|Trenton station]] opened across the street, creating a rail link between the Northeast Corridor Line and [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] and the riverfront communities of [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]] that did not require crossing the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. In 2008 the station was formally renamed the Trenton Transit Center as the station was overhauled, including the complete replacement of the station headhouse and concourse structure which had last been rebuilt during the 1960s. The new station has more space for vendors and passengers.

=== Hamilton station ===
[[File:Hamilton train stationnjfullview.jpg|thumb|[[Hamilton station (NJ Transit)|Hamilton station]]'s building]]
[[Hamilton (NJT station)|Hamilton Station]] in [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] opened in 1999, costing $30 million (1992 [[USD]]).<ref name="hamilton">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/18/nyregion/trenton-sees-proposed-train-station-stealing-its-business.html|title=Trenton Sees Proposed Train Station Stealing Its Business|last=Peterson|first=Iver|date=April 18, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=6 December 2009|location=New York, New York}}</ref> With almost direct access to [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295]], [[park and ride]] capacity was large with 1,556 spaces available at the station's opening. Due to the popularity of the station with commuters arriving via Interstate from points south in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, a parking deck was added in 2007 with 2,066 more spaces for a total of 3,622.<ref name="nexus">{{cite web|url=https://www.nexusparkingsystems.com/hamilton-station-park-ride.cfm|title=Welcome to Hamilton Station|year=2009|publisher=Nexus Parking Systems|access-date=6 December 2009|location=Hamilton, New Jersey}}</ref> The station has sculptures and designs from the [[Grounds for Sculpture]], a sculpture park in Hamilton.<ref name="sculpt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/22/realestate/in-the-region-new-jersey-near-trenton-village-and-sculpture-complex-blend.html?pagewanted=2|title=In the Region/New Jersey; Near Trenton, 'Village' and Sculpture Complex Blend|last=Garbarine|first=Rachelle|date=August 22, 1998|work=The New York Times|page=2|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref>

Hamilton Station did much to alleviate the increasingly desperate parking situations in Trenton and Princeton Junction. Trenton's downtown station is hard to reach and has little space for parking; Princeton Junction has no direct access to a major highway and its vast parking lot had long since reached capacity. The Hamilton Station was built for New York area commuters traveling [[suburban sprawl|increasing distances]] to work. Its direct freeway access and ample parking proved a hit with riders and it is one of the busiest stations on the New Jersey Transit system. The conversion of the nearby American Standard factory into [[transit oriented development]] led to further ridership gains. A new NJ Transit bus garage was also built within the station complex replacing an older garage formerly used by NJ Transit, and Mercer Metro within the City of Trenton.

=== Metropark station ===
[[File:Metropark Station - April 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Metropark (NJT station)|Metropark station]] in April 2015]]
The [[Metropark (NJT station)|Metropark]] rail station project was initiated by [[New Jersey Department of Transportation|NJDOT]] in 1968 as part of a plan to accommodate businesses and commuters that were [[suburban sprawl|fleeing]] the old [[urban core]]s.  The station opened in 1971 next to the [[Garden State Parkway]] for easy access by automobile; nearby stations at Iselin and Colonia closed soon after. The new station was also designed with the new [[Metroliner (Amtrak)|Metroliner Service]] in mind with high level platforms and a large [[business park]] to make the new station a destination in itself.  To allow Metroliners and other express trains to stop at Metropark new crossovers were installed in the 1980s on either side of the station to allow trains on the inner express tracks to pull over and stop at the two [[side platform]]s.

=== Newark Airport station ===
[[File:Newark airport station 2017 02.jpg|thumb|[[Newark Liberty International Airport Station]] in 2017]]
[[Newark Liberty International Airport Station]] was built in conjunction with the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], the owner of [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]. This station allows passengers to connect with [[AirTrain Newark]], the airport's monorail.  The station opened in late 2001 and was part of a larger project to increase capacity south of Newark Penn Station.  Along with the station's two [[island platform]]s, two tracks were added for a mile east and west of the station, bringing the number of tracks on this section of the corridor to 6.  This allows some NJT express and Amtrak trains to pass local trains. The station was deliberately built as a train/monorail transfer station, as there is no direct pedestrian access, bus service, parking facility, or drop-off area. While the Port Authority has studied plans to [[PATH (rail system)#Newark Airport extension proposals|extend PATH to Newark Airport station]], these plans were put on hold in 2023.

=== Kearny and Waterfront Connections ===
The [[Waterfront Connection]] opened in 1991, allowing eastward trains from the ex-PRR Northeast Corridor to connect to ex-DL&W [[Morris and Essex Lines]] to [[Hoboken Terminal]]. No NEC trains serve Hoboken Terminal as of January 2010 (in the 1990s there was one Hoboken-Trenton train a day) but a few North Jersey Coast Line trains run across the connection during weekday peak hours, allowing NEC passengers to transfer. At other times, passengers must transfer using PATH.

The [[Kearny Connection]] opened in 1996, allowing the opposite connection, eastward from ex-DL&W to ex-PRR, and many Morristown Line trains now use it to reach New York Penn Station.

=== Secaucus Junction ===
[[File:Secaucus Junction side.jpg|thumb|[[Secaucus Junction]]]]
Opened in 2003, [[Secaucus Junction]] was built as a major transfer hub for the New Jersey Transit system. Built where the Corridor crosses over the Main/Bergen/Port Jervis lines, the station allows passengers on Hoboken-bound trains to switch to trains to New York Penn Station, and vice versa. The station also allows for transfers to the [[Meadowlands Rail Line]] for service to [[MetLife Stadium]].

== Planned improvements ==
=== North Brunswick station ===
A [[North Brunswick station|new station]] along the NEC at [[North Brunswick (NJT station)|North Brunswick]] was approved by [[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web   | last = Chang   | first = Kathy   | title = NJ Transit announces approval of train station Northeast Corridor line will run through MainStreetNB project, to be built along Route 1 north   | publisher = The Sentinel   | date = January 13, 2013   | url = http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-01-17/Front_Page/NJ_Transit_announces_approval_of_train_station.html   | access-date = 2013-07-22   | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043844/http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-01-17/Front_Page/NJ_Transit_announces_approval_of_train_station.html   | archive-date = February 22, 2013   | url-status = dead   }}</ref> In 2017, the [[New Jersey Legislature]] allocated $50 million for the project through the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund, letting the project move forward.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fry |first=Chris |date=2023-03-06 |title=Plans Revealed for NJ Transit's North Brunswick Train Station |url=https://jerseydigs.com/north-brunswick-train-station/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Jersey Digs |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority was tasked with management of the project, a first between NJT and a county. In October 2020, the project's initial funding was approved. In October 2021, a contract with [[WSP USA]] was executed for design and engineering of the station, with it proceeding a month later. In January 2022, a consensus regarding location and design was reached. By the end of 2022, 10% of the conceptual design was approved by NJT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Brunswick Train Station {{!}} Middlesex County NJ |url=https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/discover-our-community/north-brunswick-train-station |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.middlesexcountynj.gov |language=en}}</ref> In February 2023, renderings and the plans for the station were revealed, and the bid for construction is set to go out by the end of 2025.<ref name=":0" />

=== Mid-line loop ===
NJT currently originates trains to New York during peak hours from the [[Jersey Avenue (NJT station)|Jersey Avenue]] station in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]]. As of 2013, the agency planned to build a [[flying junction]] and [[balloon loop]] called the Mid-Line Loop south of a new station south of Jersey Avenue in North Brunswick, allowing trains to turn around, enter and leave the Northeast Corridor without crossing over tracks.<ref>{{cite news   | last = Frasinelli   | first = Mike   | title = New NJ Transit station planned for Northeast Corridor rail line   | newspaper = The Star-Ledger   | date = January 8, 2013   | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/new_nj_transit_station_planned.html   | access-date = 2013-01-08   }}</ref>

=== County Yard "train haven" ===
In January 2014, NJT awarded a $7.64-million design and engineering contract to develop a "train haven" and re-inspection facility where equipment could be stored during serious storms at an expanded and reconfigured [[County Yard]] in New Brunswick following severe flooding after [[Hurricane Sandy]], which demonstrated the vulnerability of the agency's facilities to flooding.<ref>{{cite news   | last = Rouse   | first = Karen   | title = NJ Transit hires firm to design train haven   | publisher = The Record   | date = January 9, 2014   | url = http://www.northjersey.com/news/239377681_NJ_Transit_hires_firm_to_design_train_haven.html   | access-date = 2014-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news   | last = Frassinelli   | first = Mike   | title = Scarred by Sandy, NJ Transit to get permanent home to store trains   | work = The Star-Ledger   | date = January 8, 2014    | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/scarred_by_sandy_nj_transit_to_get_permanent_home_to_store_trains.html   | access-date = 2014-01-15}}</ref>

== Stations ==
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|[[New York (state)|NY]]
|rowspan=5|1
|[[Manhattan]]
|[[New York Penn Station]] {{NJT acc}}
|0.0 (0.0)
|1910
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} [[Amtrak]] (long-distance): ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'', ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]'', ''[[Palmetto (train)|Palmetto]]'', ''[[Silver Meteor]]''<br />{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak (intercity): ''[[Acela]]'', ''[[Adirondack (train)|Adirondack]]'', ''[[Carolinian (train)|Carolinian]]'', ''[[Empire Service]]'', ''[[Ethan Allen Express]]'', ''[[Keystone Service]]'', ''[[Maple Leaf (train)|Maple Leaf]]'', ''[[Northeast Regional]]'', ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'', ''[[Vermonter (train)|Vermonter]]''<br />{{rint|newyork|lirr}} [[Long Island Rail Road]]: [[Babylon Branch|Babylon]], [[Belmont Park Branch|Belmont Park]], [[City Terminal Zone]], [[Far Rockaway Branch|Far Rockaway]], [[Hempstead Branch|Hempstead]], [[Long Beach Branch|Long Beach]], [[Montauk Branch|Montauk]], [[Oyster Bay Branch|Oyster Bay]], [[Port Jefferson Branch|Port Jefferson]], [[Port Washington Branch|Port Washington]], [[Ronkonkoma Branch|Ronkonkoma]], [[West Hempstead Branch|West Hempstead]] branches<br />{{rint|njt}} [[NJ Transit Rail]]: [[Gladstone Branch|Gladstone]], [[Montclair–Boonton Line|Montclair–Boonton]], [[Morristown Line|Morristown]], [[Raritan Valley Line|Raritan Valley]], [[North Jersey Coast Line|North Jersey Coast]] lines<br />{{rint|newyork|subway}} [[New York City Subway]]: {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh|complex=y|time=bullets}} (at [[34th Street – Penn Station (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue)]]), {{NYCS Eighth south|complex=y|time=bullets}} (at [[34th Street – Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue)]])<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[New York City Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|M7|M20|M34 SBS|M34A|Q32}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Academy Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|SIM23|SIM24}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Flixbus]]: [[Eastern Shuttle (bus company)|Eastern Shuttle]]<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Vamoose Bus]]
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| rowspan="29" |[[New Jersey|NJ]]
|[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]
|[[Secaucus Junction]] {{NJT acc}}
|4.9 (8.0)
|December 15, 2003
|
|{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: [[Bergen County Line|Bergen County]], Gladstone, [[Main Line (NJ Transit)|Main]], [[Meadowlands Rail Line|Meadowlands]], Montclair–Boonton, Morristown, [[Pascack Valley Line|Pascack Valley]], Raritan Valley, and North Jersey Coast lines<br />{{rint|newyork|mnr}} [[Metro-North Railroad]]: [[Port Jervis Line]]<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|2|78|129|329|353}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
|[[Newark Penn Station]] {{NJT acc}}
|10.0 (16.1)
|March 24, 1935<ref name="newark penn 1">{{cite news |title=Newark Dedicates New Station Today |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/23/archives/newark-dedicates-new-station-today-pennsylvania-terminal-and-huge.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 23, 1935
 |page=13 |access-date=2010-05-30}}</ref><ref name="newark penn 2">{{cite news |title=Newark Dedicates Its New Terminal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/24/archives/newark-dedicates-its-new-terminal-railroad-station-centre-link-in.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 24, 1935 |page=N1 |access-date=2010-05-30}}</ref>
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak (long-distance): ''Cardinal'', ''Crescent'', ''Palmetto'', ''Silver Meteor''<br />{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak (intercity): ''Acela'', ''Carolinian'', ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional'', ''Pennsylvanian'', ''Vermonter''<br />{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast and Raritan Valley lines<br />{{rint|path}} [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]]: {{rcb|PATH|NWK-WTC|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|newark}} [[Newark Light Rail]]: Grove Street – Newark Penn, Broad Street – Newark Penn<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJT Bus: {{NJ bus link|1|5|11|21|25|28|29|30|31|34|39|40|41|44|62|67|70|71|72|73|76|78|79|108|308|319|361|375|378|go25|go28}}<br />{{rint|us|greyhound}} [[Greyhound Lines]]
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[South Street station (Pennsylvania Railroad)|South Street]]
|11.0 (17.7)
|February&nbsp;14, 1904<ref name="baer1904">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1904.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1904 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=October 2015 |accessdate=November 8, 2025 |quote=Feb. 14, 1904 – New elevated station opens at South Street, Newark; ground-level stations at Chestnut Street and Emmett Street, Newark, close for track elevation.|page=7}}</ref>
|1974–76
|
|-
|[[Newark Liberty International Airport Station]] {{rint|air|link=Newark Liberty International Airport}} {{NJT acc}}
|12.6 (20.3)
|October 21, 2001<ref name="newark airport">{{cite news |title=New Train Service To Newark Airport |first=Elissa |last=Gootman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-new-train-service-to-newark-airport.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2001 |access-date=2010-02-19}}</ref>
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional''<br />{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast Line<br />{{rint|airtrainewr}} [[AirTrain Newark]]
|-
|rowspan=3|5
|rowspan=3|[[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]]
|{{njts|North Elizabeth}} {{NJT acc}}
|14.4 (23.2)
|
|
|{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast Line<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|112}}
|-
|{{njts|Elizabeth}} {{NJT acc}}
|15.4 (24.8)
|December&nbsp;21, 1835<ref>{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1835 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1835.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=June 2015 |pages=51, 54 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref>
|
|{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast Line<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|24|26|48|52|56|57|58|59|62|112}}<br />
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|South Elizabeth
|16.1 (25.9)
|
|1974–76
|
|-
|7
|[[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]]
|{{njts|Linden}} {{NJT acc}}
|18.6 (29.9)
|
|
|{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast Line<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|56|57|94}}
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
| rowspan="2" |8
| rowspan="2" |[[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]]
|[[North Rahway (NJT station)|North Rahway]]
|20.1 (32.3)
|
|January 31, 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railroad.net/forums/download/file.php?id=18439&mode=view|title=North Jersey Coast Line Timetable Effective January 31, 1993|date=January 31, 1993|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044331/http://www.railroad.net/forums/download/file.php?id=18439&mode=view|archive-date=January 22, 2019}}</ref>
|Closed due to maintenance issues
|-
|{{njts|Rahway}} {{NJT acc}}
|20.7 (33.3)
|January&nbsp;1, 1836<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baer |first1=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1836 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1836.pdf |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |access-date=November 8, 2025 |page=1 |quote=Jan. 1, 1836 New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company begins revenue service to Rahway with 5 round trips with locomotive west of Newark; service east of Newark is still by horse car; schedule is run Jan. 1 & 2 as introduction.}}</ref>
|
|{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail: North Jersey Coast Line<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|48}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} Rahway Community Shuttle
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
| rowspan="2" |9
| rowspan="3" |[[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]]
|Colonia
|22.8 (36.7)
|1876{{sfn|Pattison|1949}}
|1974–76
|The station opened as "Houtenville".{{sfn|Pattison|1949}}
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Iselin
|24.0 (38.7)
|
|June 11, 1972<ref name="iselinclosed">{{cite news|title=MetroPark Services Expanding|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14224505/iselin_closed_june_11_1972/|access-date=October 6, 2017|work=[[The Asbury Park Press]]|date=June 11, 1972|page=18|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|
|-
|rowspan=2|10
|{{njts|Metropark}} {{NJT acc}}
|24.6 (39.6)
|November 14, 1971<ref name="metroparkopens">{{cite news|title=Train Service Starts Today at Metropark|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14224703/metropark_november_14_1971/|access-date=October 6, 2017|work=The Asbury Park Press|date=November 14, 1971|page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Acela'', ''Crescent'', ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional'', ''Vermonter''<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|48|801|802|803|804|805}}
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Menlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]]
|Menlo Park
|25.4 (40.9)
|
|Early&nbsp;1957<ref>{{cite news|title=PRR to Close Ticket Agency in Edison|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14223640/edison_agent_october_3_1958/|access-date=October 6, 2017|work=The Central New Jersey Home News|date=October 3, 1958|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
| rowspan="2" |11
| rowspan="2" |[[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]]
|Robinvale
|
|
|1911<ref name="robinvale">{{cite news|title=Metuchen Town Meeting Split on Grove Ave. Crossing Plan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19694458/robinvale_station_june_28_1955/|access-date=April 30, 2018|work=The Daily Home News|date=June 28, 1955|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|Robinvale station burned on March&nbsp;27, 1915.<ref>{{cite news |title=$25,000 Station Burned |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66029347/robinvale-station-march-27-1915/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=[[The Bergen Record|The Bergen Evening Record]] |date=March 27, 1915 |location=Hackensack, New Jersey |page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|-
|{{njts|Metuchen}} {{NJT acc}}
|27.1 (43.6)
|July&nbsp;11, 1836<ref name="baer1836">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1836.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1836 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=June 2015 |accessdate=April 17, 2023}}</ref><ref name="DOTMetuchen">{{cite web |title=Next Stop, Metuchen: Three Railroads Shape a Crossroads Community |url=https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/environment/pdf/nextstopmetuchen6.pdf |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>
|
|{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|810|813|819}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} Metuchen Community Shuttle
|-
|13
|[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]]
|{{njts|Edison}} {{NJT acc}}
|30.3 (48.8)
|{{circa|1870}}<ref name="steltonrenamed">{{cite news|title=Stelton Goes Into History as Edison Use Expands|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14223494/stelton_renamed_october_30_1956/|access-date=October 6, 2017|work=The Central New Jersey Home News|date=October 30, 1956|page=3|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>
|
|{{rint|bus|1}} Edison Community Shuttle
|-
|rowspan=2|14
|rowspan=2|[[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]]
|{{njts|New Brunswick}} {{NJT acc}}
|32.7 (52.6)
|January 1, 1838{{sfn|Wall|1921|p=295}}
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional''<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|810|811|814|815|818}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Suburban Trails]]: 100, Dunellen Local<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Coach USA]]: 100<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Rutgers Campus Buses]]<br />{{rint|bus|1}} Brunsquick Shuttles<br />{{rint|bus|1}} DASH 1 & 2<br />{{rint|bus|1}} New Brunswick Community Shuttle
|-
|{{njts|Jersey Avenue}}
|34.4 (55.4)
|October 24, 1963<ref name="jersey avenue">{{cite news|title=Eisenhower Raised Moral Issue In Opposing A-Bombing of Japan; |date=October 25, 1963|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 27, 2009|location=New York, New York|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E5DB113DE63BBC4D51DFB6678388679EDE#}}</ref>
|
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
| rowspan="7" |19
| rowspan="2" |[[North Brunswick, New Jersey|North Brunswick]]
|Adams
|36.8 (59.3)
|
|December 3, 1967<ref name="prr1967">{{cite web|url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1967.pdf|title=A General Chronology of the Successors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Their Historical Context: 1967|author=Baer, Christopher T.|date=April 2015|publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society|access-date=October 17, 2017|page=40}}</ref>
|
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
|[[North Brunswick station|North Brunswick]]
|
|
|
|Proposed
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|rowspan=2|[[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]]
|Deans
|39.9 (64.2)
|
|December 3, 1967<ref name="prr1967" />
|
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Monmouth Junction
|42.4 (68.2)
|
|December&nbsp;3, 1967<ref name="prr1967" /><ref name="dec1967closing">{{cite news |last=Joseph |first=Elihu |title=Tripped by Fine Print |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-adamsm/29458434/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |work=[[The Home News Tribune|The Daily Home News]] |date=December 7, 1967 |location=New Brunswick, NJ |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref>

|
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|rowspan=2|[[Plainsboro, New Jersey|Plainsboro]]
|Schalks Crossing
|
|
|1914{{sfn|Hart|2003|p=28}}
|
|- bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Plainsboro
|46.8 (75.3)
|late 1910s
|May&nbsp;29, 1962<ref name="baer1962">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1962.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1962 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=April 2015 |accessdate=October 17, 2023|page=14}}</ref>
|Razed in 1968{{sfn|Hart|2003|p=29}}
|-
|[[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]]
|{{njts|Princeton Junction}} {{NJT acc}}
|48.4 (77.9)
|November&nbsp;23, 1863<ref name="1863baer">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1863.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1863 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=April 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2025 |page=96}}</ref> 
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional''<br />{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit: [[Princeton Branch]]<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|600|612}}
|- bgcolor="dfdfdf"
| rowspan="2" |20
|[[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence]]
|Lawrence
|52.5 (84.6)
|1865<ref name="baer1865">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1865 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1865.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society |date=April 2015 |page=92 |access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref>
|1935
|
|-
|[[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton]]
|{{njts|Hamilton}} {{NJT acc}}
|54.4 (87.5)
|February 16, 1999<ref name="hamilton" />
|
|{{rint|bus|1}} NJ Transit Bus: 606, 608
|-
|22
|[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
|[[Trenton Transit Center]] {{NJT acc}}
|{{nowrap|58.1 (93.5)}}
| April&nbsp;20, 1863<ref name="1863baer420">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Christopher T. |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1863.pdf |title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1863 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]] |date=April 2015 |accessdate=February 22, 2025|page=31}}</ref> 
|
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Cardinal'', ''Carolinian'', ''Crescent'', ''Keystone Service'', ''Northeast Regional'', ''Palmetto'', ''Pennsylvanian'', ''Silver Meteor'', ''Vermonter''<br />{{rint|septa}} [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]: [[Trenton Line (SEPTA)|Trenton Line]]<br />{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit: [[River Line (New Jersey Transit)|River Line]]<br />{{rint|bus|1}} NJT Bus: {{NJ bus link|409|418|600|601|604|606|608|609|611|613|619}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[SEPTA Suburban Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|127}}
|}

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book |last=Hart |first=William |title=Images of America: Plainsboro |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |location=Mount Pleasant, SC |date=2003 |isbn=978-0-7385-1168-9}}
*{{cite book |last=Pattison |first=Mary |title=Colonia Yesterday: A Biographical History of a Small Community |publisher=Little & Ives |date=1949}}
*{{cite book |last=Wall |first=John Patrick |title=History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1664–1920, Volume 1 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |date=1921}}

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