Secaucus Junction

Secaucus
Upper level platforms of Secaucus Junction
General information
Other namesFrank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction
LocationCounty Road & County Avenue
Secaucus, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′41″N 74°04′32″W / 40.76127917328393°N 74.07569111593966°W / 40.76127917328393; -74.07569111593966
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Distance5.0 miles (8.0 km) from New York Penn Station[1]
Platforms
Tracks8
Connections
Construction
Platform levels2
Parking1,080 spaces, 14 accessible spaces[4]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedDecember 15, 2003 (December 15, 2003)
Passengers
201726,298 (average weekday)[5][6]Increase 12.2%
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Newark Penn Station
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line New York Penn Station
Terminus
Newark Penn Station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
Newark Penn Station Raritan Valley Line
limited service
Newark Broad Street Montclair-Boonton Line
weekdays
Morristown Line
Newark Broad Street
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
limited service
Wood-Ridge Pascack Valley Line Hoboken
Terminus
Kingsland
toward Suffern
Main Line
Rutherford
toward Suffern
Bergen County Line
Meadowlands
Terminus
Meadowlands Rail Line
special event service
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Ramsey Route 17 Port Jervis Line Hoboken
Terminus
Location
Map

Secaucus Junction (signed as Secaucus) is an intermodal transit hub served by New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and Metro-North Railroad in Secaucus, New Jersey. It is one of the busiest railway stations in North America.

The $450 million, 321,000-square-foot (29,800 m2) station opened on December 15, 2003. It was known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages and was dedicated as the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction. U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died in 2013, was a transit advocate who had worked to allocate federal funds for the project.[7]

The station is on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) five miles west of New York Penn Station and five miles east of Newark Penn Station. At Secaucus, the NEC crosses above the Main Line, which originates/terminates at Hoboken Terminal; the station allows passengers to transfer between the two lines. The station is served by all NJ Transit rail lines except for the Atlantic City Line and the Princeton Branch. Amtrak trains run through Secaucus but do not stop.

A bus terminal was built at the station in 2016.

  1. ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
  2. ^ "EZ Ride Routes". Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Megabus begins a route between Lautenburg Station in Secaucus and Boston". The Jersey Journal. March 30, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Secaucus Junction Station". New Jersey Transit. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Frassinelli, Mike (June 5, 2013). "U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg gets one last ride at the Secaucus station that bears his name". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved June 5, 2013.