Weehawken Terminal

Weehawken
Black & white picture showing station facility with passenger cars. Hudson river visible behind the station.
Weehawken Terminal and yard, circa 1955
General information
Coordinates40°46′18″N 74°00′46″W / 40.771639°N 74.012750°W / 40.771639; -74.012750
Operated byNew York Central Railroad (NYC)
Line(s)West Shore Railroad
Tracks16
Train operatorsNYC, NYO&W, NYS&W (limited)
ConnectionsUS Passenger rail transport ferry/water interchange
History
Opened1884 (1884)
Closed1959 (1959)
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Terminus Weehawken Ferry Cortlandt Street
Terminus
Ridgefield Park West Shore Railroad
Main Line
Terminus
New Durham
Preceding station New York, Ontario & Western Railway Following station
Cornwall
toward Oswego
Main line Terminus
Map of the five train-to-ferry transfer points along the west shore of the Hudson River circa 1900

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]

  1. ^ Sherman, Lauren; Gaulkin, Ellen Robb (February 2009). Weehawken. (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6268-1.
  2. ^ Weehawken Tunnel Photos (The Subway Nut.com) Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Waterway routes and schedule[permanent dead link].