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How Does This Work???
Early 1900’s• Oil Bust
• Standard Oil Split up• Loss of Jobs
• Great Migration• Crime • Slums
• WWI• Shipping Yards• Job Creation
WWI Ship Yards
Post WWIThe Roaring 20’s• Job creation• NYC industry
Great Depression• Amplified effects• Riots• Crime
WWII
NJ Ship Yards WWII
Missile Fields
Austin J. Tobin&
The Port Authority
As railroads declined, so did access to New York
City
1950• 1 NYC terminal• 5 NJ terminals• Hudson Tubes
(PATH)• 6 Ferry routes
1985• 1 NYC terminal• 1 NJ terminal• PATH
MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS SERVED BY RAIL
• New York CityMidtown Financial DistrictLower Manhattan/Wall St.
• Newark• Jersey City / Waterfront
LINES TO HOBOKEN (Blue)• Transfer to PATH required to reach NYC & Jersey City• Only 3 of the 7 lines have direct Newark access
LINES TO NY & NEWARK (Red)• Direct access to Midtown Manhattan & Newark• Transfer to PATH required to reach lower Manhattan and
Jersey City Waterfront
WATERFRONT CONNECTION(1991)
• First connection between Newark & Hoboken Divisions
• Permits Newark Division trains to operate to Hoboken
• Direct access to Jersey City/Waterfront market
KEARNY CONNECTION /MIDTOWN DIRECT
(1994)
• Affects three electrified lines on Hoboken Division
• Permits trains to operate direct to midtown Manhattan (Penn Sta.)
MONTCLAIR CONNECTION(2002)
• Boonton Line connected to Montclair Branch
• Direct access to Midtown Manhattan & Newark
People InvolvedJames EE.. McGreevey - Governor of NJ
NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors
James P. Fox - Transportation Commissioner, NJT Board Chairman
Myron P. Shevell -Vice Chairman Paul P. Josephson - Governors Rep John E. McCormac - C.P.A. State Treasurers - Flora M. Castillo, John L. McGoldrick, Patrick W Parkinson George D. Warington- Executive Director
SECAUCUS JUNCTION(2003)
• 3 Hoboken Div. diesel rail lines routed onto a single alignment
• New station permits transfer to midtown Manhattan trains
Frank Lautenberg
NEWARK AIRPORTRAIL STATION
(2001)
• Permits direct rail access to airport• Located on Northeast Corridor,
main rail artery between Trenton, Newark, and New York City
HUDSON-BERGENLIGHT RAIL
(2000-2006)
• Bayonne-Jersey City-Hoboken-Weehawken-North Bergen
• Connects with NJT Rail (Hoboken), PATH & Ferries
NEWARK LIGHT RAIL(2006)
MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX RAIL STATION
(2009)
• New rail line and station• Large passenger volumes• Connects at Secaucus Junction for
system-wide rail access