Railroad terminals serving New York City facts for kids
The table below shows all railroad lines that have served New York City and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal.
| Railroad | Penn Station (1910-present) |
Grand Central (1871-present) |
Hoboken (1863-present) |
Exchange Place (1834-1961) |
Communipaw (1864-1967) |
Pavonia (1861-1956?) |
Weehawken (1884-1959) |
Other terminals |
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| New Jersey Rail Road (and successor Pennsylvania Railroad, PRR) | 1910-present (under Amtrak and NJ Transit) | 1991-present (under NJ Transit) | 1834-1961 | |||||
| Long Island Rail Road (PRR) | 1910-present |
Greenville Yards 19??-1968 (Yards continued to operate under Penn Central/Conrail/New York Cross Harbor/NYNJ Rail.) |
South Ferry 1836-1877 Long Island City 1861-present Atlantic Terminal 1877-present |
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| New York and Harlem Railroad (NYC) | 1871-present (under Metro-North) | Various downtown Manhattan stations 1832-1871 | ||||||
| Hudson River Railroad (NYC) | 1991-present (under Amtrak) | 1871-present (under Metro-North) | Chambers Street 1851-1868 West Side ?-1871 St. John's Park Depot 1868-1935 Spring Street Depot, 1934-?, as new High Line terminus |
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| Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad (NH) | Harlem River Terminal 1866-1931 | |||||||
| New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | 1917-present (under Amtrak) | 1871-present (under Metro-North) | Somewhere in downtown Manhattan 1849-1871 | |||||
| Morris and Essex Railroad (DL&W) | 1996-present (under NJ Transit) | 1863-present (under NJ Transit) | 1836-1863 | |||||
| Central Railroad of New Jersey | 1859-1864 | 1864-1976 (Passenger service ended 1967) | Newark Penn Station 1967-present (under NJ Transit) Elizabethport 1839?-1859 |
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| Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad (RDG) | 1876-? | |||||||
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 1918-1926? | 1926?-1958 | ||||||
| Lehigh Valley Railroad | 1918-1976 (Passenger service ended in 1961) | 1875-1887 1893-1913 1918-1938 |
1887-1893 1913-1918 |
Johnston Avenue Yard (CNJ ferry) 1938-? | ||||
| Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie) | 1956?-present (under NJ Transit) | ?-1861 | 1861-1956? | |||||
| Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie) | 1859-? | ?-? | ||||||
| New Jersey and New York Railroad (Erie) | 1956?-present (under NJ Transit) | ?-1956? | ||||||
| New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie) | 2003-present (under NJ Transit) | 1872?-? | ?-? | |||||
| Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad (Erie) | ?-? | |||||||
| New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | 1872-1911 | 1911-? | Edgewater 1894-1980 | |||||
| West Shore Railroad (NYC) | 1873?-1884? | 1884-1976 | ||||||
| New York, Ontario and Western Railway | 1873 | 1884-1956? | ||||||
| New York and Long Branch Railroad (CNJ/PRR) | 1910-present (under NJ Transit) | 1991-present (under NJ Transit) | 1882-1961? | 1875-1967 | ||||
| New York and Putnam Railroad (NYC) | 155th Street 1880-1918 Sedgwick Avenue 1918-1958 |
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