SUSQUEHANNA TRANSFER | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The former Susquehanna Transfer station site in 2014. Route 495 is overhead. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Route 3 at Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1/9), North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey 07047 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Northern Branch (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 NYS&W, 1 Northern Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | August 1, 1939 (NYS&W)[1] September 25, 1939 (Erie Railroad)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1966[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Susquehanna Transfer was a passenger station on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, located in North Bergen, New Jersey located at what today is the Route 495 overpass. It was an interchange station where transfer was possible from the railroad to a bus through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
The station opened on August 1, 1939, 1,100 feet (340 m) south of the old North Bergen station. At the time, the company was in bankruptcy proceedings, as part of the also bankrupt Erie Railroad. The buses were leased from the Public Service Bus Company and were open only to NYS&W passengers transferring to them. The bus fare was 15 cents. The buses allowed commuters to go directly to Midtown Manhattan, rather than taking the train to the Pavonia Terminal over the Erie Railroad's tracks and then taking an Erie RR ferry across to Lower Manhattan.[1]
The Erie Railroad also used the transfer station for trains on its Northern Branch, at least through 1957,[4] with an agreement with the NYS&W to use their buses in 1944.[5]
Connecting train / bus service at the site ended in 1966.[3]
- ^ a b "Railroad Will Run Buses to Times Sq.: Service From North Bergen to Start Aug. 1 for 15-Cent Fare". The New York Times. July 20, 1939. p. 17.
- ^ Mohowski 2003, p. 100-105.
- ^ a b "Commuter rail line's revival pushed", The Record, December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to Weehawken [sic], where passengers would switch to buses for the ride through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority terminal. A similar bus service, known as the Susquehanna Transfer, operated between 1939 and 1966."
- ^ "Historical Information: Railroads of New Jersey".
- ^ "Erie Bus Service Extended". The New York Times. November 28, 1944. p. 26.