Kearny Connection
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The Kearny Connection in Kearny, New Jersey, allows trains from New Jersey Transit's Gladstone Branch and the Morris and Essex Lines (part of the Hoboken Division) to travel directly to New York Penn Station.[1] The connection opened on June 10, 1996. Two tracks, one on each side of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), carry trains from the line to Hoboken Terminal, which passes under the NEC, northeast onto the NEC.
Out of 116 inbound and 121 outbound daily weekday trains on the three Morris and Essex Lines, 49 inbound and 48 outbound trains (about 40%) use the Kearny Connection.
The Kearny Connection is part of the bigger Kearny Junction.
[edit] References
- ^ Miller, Luther S. "For NJT, $444 million - New Jersey Transit - includes article on Shirley DeLibero, executive director of NJT", Railway Age, October 1991. Accessed August 11, 2007. "The Kearny Connection, in many ways the keystone of the master plan, will link the Gladstone Branch and Morristown rail lines with the Northeast Corridor line to provide direct access to Manhattan at a saving of at least 15 minutes in travel time. Riders on these lines must now journey to Hoboken and transfer to PATH or a ferry to reach Manhattan."
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