Northeast Corridor Line

Northeast Corridor Line
Northeast Corridor line tracks between New Brunswick and Princeton
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
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 Northeast Corridor 0:00 New York Penn Station Hudson River 0:10 Secaucus Junction Passaic River PATH 0:19 Newark Penn Station AirTrain Newark 0:24 Newark Airport 0:27 North Elizabeth 0:29 Elizabeth 0:34 Linden 0:38 Rahway North Jersey Coast Line 0:43 Metropark 0:47 Metuchen 0:52 Edison Raritan River 0:55 New Brunswick 0:58 Jersey Avenue 1:11 Princeton Junction 1:21 Princeton 1:28 Hamilton 1:31 Trenton River LINE Northeast Corridor The times listed next to each station denote how long a local train will take to reach each stop (taken from the 11.09pm train from New York as of 1 April 2007)

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. Connecting SEPTA R7 Trenton service between Philadelphia and Trenton is listed in the timetable.

As of November 2005, 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). [1][2]

Station stops

An NEC train passes through Rahway, New Jersey.

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

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.

External links

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

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