Weehawken Terminal

Weehawken
Passenger Railroad Terminal, Ferry Terminal Car float facility, Yard
Weehawken Terminal and yard, circa 1955
General information
Coordinates	40°46′18″N 74°00′46″W / 40.771639°N 74.012750°W / 40.771639; -74.012750
Operated by	New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Line(s)	West Shore Railroad
Tracks	16
Train operators	NYC, NYO&W, NYS&W (limited)
Connections
History
Opened	1884 (1884)
Closed	1959 (1959)
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Terminus Weehawken Ferry Cortlandt Street Terminus Ridgefield Park toward Buffalo–Exchange Street West Shore Railroad Main Line Terminus New Durham toward Buffalo–Exchange Street Preceding station New York, Ontario & Western Railway Following station Cornwall toward Oswego Main line Terminus

Hoboken (DL&W)

Exchange Place (PRR)

Weehawken (NYC)

Pavonia (Erie)

Communipaw (CNJ)

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Map of the five train-to-ferry transfer points along the west shore of the Hudson River circa 1900

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Weehawken Terminal was the waterfront intermodal terminal on the North River (Hudson River) in Weehawken, New Jersey for the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad division, whose route traveled along the west shore of the Hudson River. It opened in 1884 and closed in 1959.^[1] The complex contained five ferry slips, sixteen passenger train tracks, car float facilities, and extensive yards. The facility was also used by the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. The terminal was one of five passenger railroad terminals that lined the Hudson Waterfront during the 19th and 20th centuries; the others were located at Hoboken, Pavonia, Exchange Place and Communipaw, with Hoboken being the only one still in use.

Today, the site is the location of Weehawken Port Imperial, an inter-modal transit hub used by New Jersey Transit buses, the Hudson Bergen Light Rail^[2] and New York Waterway.^[3]