Port Jervis Line

Port Jervis Line
Port Jervis train #75 in Woodbury, New York, heading towards Salisbury Mills–Cornwall station
Overview
OwnerNorfolk Southern Railway
(leased to Metro-North Railroad)
LocaleNorthern New Jersey and Hudson Valley, New York, United States
Termini
Stations12 (express service)
24 (local via Bergen County Line)
26 (local via Main Line)
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemNew Jersey Transit Rail Operations
Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)NJ Transit Rail Operations
(under contract to Metro-North Railroad)
Rolling stockF40PH-3C/GP40PH-2/GP40FH-2/PL42AC/ALP-45DP locomotives
Comet V
Daily ridership2,613 (2018)
Ridership571,368 (annual ridership, 2023)[1]
Technical
Line length87.5 mi (140.8 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Map
Port Jervis Yard
87.5 mi
140.8 km
Port Jervis
Fmr. NYO&W Port Jervis Branch
to Summitville (abandoned)
73.8 mi
118.8 km
Otisville
71.6 mi
115.2 km
Middletown–Town of Wallkill
Middletown (closed)
Goshen (closed)
65.6 mi
105.6 km
Campbell Hall
Chester (closed)
Greycourt (closed)
Greycourt Yard
(abandoned, fmr. jct. of Newburgh Branch)
55.5 mi
89.3 km
Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
Monroe (closed)
Harriman (closed)
44.9 mi
72.3 km
Harriman
Arden (closed)
37.2 mi
59.9 km
Tuxedo
34.6 mi
55.7 km
Sloatsburg
Suffern and Hillburn Yards
Suffern Industrial Track
(original Erie Main Line)
30.5 mi
49.1 km
Suffern
NJ Transit
29.1 mi
46.8 km
Mahwah
NJ Transit
27.9 mi
44.9 km
Ramsey Route 17
NJ Transit
3.5 mi
5.6 km
Secaucus Junction
NJ Transit (NEC)
Hoboken Yard
0.0 mi
0 km
Hoboken Terminal
Port Authority Trans-Hudson NJ Transit NY Waterway

The Port Jervis Line is a predominantly single-track commuter rail line running between Suffern and Port Jervis, in the U.S. state of New York. At Suffern, the line continues south into New Jersey on NJ Transit's Main Line. The line is operated by NJ Transit Rail Operations under a contract with Metro-North Railroad (MNRR).

During weekday rush hours trains operate in express service, making stops only at New York state stations and at major stations in New Jersey where transfers can be made to services into New York City.

The line runs through some of the most remote and rural country found on the Metro-North system, and includes both its longest bridge, the Moodna Viaduct, and longest tunnel, the Otisville Tunnel.

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) shares the use of the track for local freight operations between Suffern and Port Jervis. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway operates over the line between Hudson Junction (east of Campbell Hall) and Port Jervis, and onward to Binghamton over the former Erie Railroad Delaware Division (now the Central New York Railroad). The tracks have been owned by NS since the 1999 split of Conrail, but were built by the Erie and incorporated into Conrail on its formation on April 1, 1976. Metro-North leased the entire line from NS in 2003, with the possibility of outright purchase after 2006. Since 2003, MNRR immediately began a substantial track and signal improvement program in order to provide a more reliable and comfortable service, for $183 million.

  1. ^ "2023 ANNUAL RIDERSHIP REPORT". mta.info. Archived from the original on July 29, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.