Northeast Corridor Line

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Northeast Corridor Line
ALP-46 #4627 waits to pull Train #3952, a 12-car multilevel train, out of Trenton.
Info
Type	Commuter rail line
System	New Jersey Transit
Locale	Central New Jersey
Terminals	New York Penn Station Trenton
No. of stations	17
Operation
Owner	Amtrak (trackage)
Operator(s)	New Jersey Transit
Rolling stock	ALP-44 locomotives ALP-46 locomotives Arrow III Comet IIM/Comet III/Comet IV/Comet V/Multilevel series
Technical
Track length	91.9km (57.1 miles)
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Line map Legend Sunnyside Yard East River New York Penn Station Amtrak Hudson R., N.Y./N.J. border Secaucus Junction Passaic River PATH Newark Penn Station Amtrak Raritan Valley Line AirTrain Newark Newark Airport Amtrak North Elizabeth Broad St.-Elizabeth Linden Rahway North Jersey Coast Line diverges Metropark Amtrak Metuchen Edison Raritan River New Brunswick Amtrak Jersey Avenue Princeton Junction Amtrak Princeton Hamilton Trenton River LINE River line to Camden Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Amtrak Northeast Corridor services
The Acela brand
Acela Express
Northeast Regional (including Virginia and NHV-SPG)
Former services: Clocker - Metroliner
Other Amtrak trains on the NEC: Cardinal - Carolinian - Crescent Keystone - Palmetto - Pennsylvanian Silver Meteor - Silver Star - Vermonter
Commuter services on the NEC: MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line - SLE MNRR New Haven Line - NJT NEC Line SEPTA R7 - SEPTA R2 - MARC Penn Line
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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 servicing.

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.

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). Trains go between New York and Jersey Avenue or New York and Trenton. [1][2]

[edit] Station stops

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

Station Listing

State	Milepost	City	Station	Connections
NY	0	New York City	Penn Station	Long Island Rail Road, New York City Subway (A C E 1 2 3), Buses, MTA Bus, Amtrak trains to Boston, Springfield, Albany, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago
NJ	5	Secaucus	Secaucus Junction	NJT Rail: Bergen Co. and Main lines NJT Bus: 2, 129, 772
	8.5	Newark	Penn Station	Amtrak , NJT Rail: Raritan Valley Line Newark Light Rail NJT Bus: 1, 5, 11, 21, 25, 28, 34, 39, 62, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 108 Coach USA buses: 31, 44 PATH
			Newark Airport	Amtrak, AirTrain to airport terminals
	13	Elizabeth	North Elizabeth
	14		Broad St.-Elizabeth	NJT Bus: 26, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 94, 112
	17.5	Linden	Linden	NJT Bus:56, 57, 94
	19.5	Rahway	Rahway	NJT Rail: North Jersey Coast Line NJT Bus: 62
		Woodbridge	Metropark	Amtrak: Northeast Corridor NJT Bus: 62, 801-5
	26	Metuchen	Metuchen	NJT Bus: 810, 813, 819
	28.5	Edison	Edison
	31.5	New Brunswick	New Brunswick	Amtrak NJT Bus: 810, 811, 814, 815, 818 Coach USA: Line 100 Rutgers campus shuttles
			Jersey Avenue
	47.4	West Windsor	Princeton Junction at West Windsor	Amtrak NJT Rail: Princeton Branch NJT Bus: 600, 976
		Hamilton Township (Mercer County)	Hamilton	NJT Bus: 606, 608
	57.1	Trenton	Trenton	Amtrak NJT: River Line, 409, 600, 601, 604, 606, 608, 609, 611 SEPTA: R7, 127

[edit] 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 IIM/Comet III/Comet IV/Comet V cars or the new Bombardier Multilevels.

[edit] External links

• New Jersey Transit - Northeast Corridor Line schedule (PDF)

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