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Exchange Place station (PRR)

Index Exchange Place station (PRR)

The Pennsylvania Railroad Station was the intermodal passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) vast holdings on the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay in Jersey City, New Jersey. [1]

59 relations: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Bergen Hill, Black Diamond (train), Buffalo, New York, Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot, Desbrosses Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line), Desbrosses Street Ferry, Elevated railway, Exchange Place (Jersey City), Exchange Place station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail), Exchange Place station (PATH), Ferry, Ferry slip, Goods station, Greenville Yard, Hackensack River, Harborside (Jersey City), Harrison, New Jersey, Harsimus Stem Embankment, Hoboken Terminal, Hudson River, Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, Intermodal passenger transport, IRT Ninth Avenue Line, J. Owen Grundy, Jersey City Ferry, Jersey City, New Jersey, Journal Square Transportation Center, Lehigh Valley Railroad, List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City, Manhattan, Manhattan Transfer station, Metropolitan Crosstown Line, Midtown Manhattan, New Jersey City University, New York City, New York Tunnel Extension, Newark, New Jersey, Nomenclature, North River (Hudson River), North River Tunnels, Northeast Corridor, Passaic and Harsimus Line, PATH (rail system), PATH Lift Bridge, Paulus Hook, Jersey City, Pavonia Terminal, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Station (New York City), ..., Pennsylvania Station (Newark), Railroad terminals serving New York City, Rapid transit, Steam engine, Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey-area railroads, United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, Upper New York Bay, Weehawken Terminal, 34th Street (Manhattan). Expand index (9 more) »

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Bergen Hill

Bergen Hill refers to the lower Hudson Palisades in New Jersey, United States, where they emerge on Bergen Neck, which in turn is the peninsula between the Hackensack and Hudson River, and their bays.

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Black Diamond (train)

The Black Diamond, also known as the Black Diamond Express, was the flagship passenger train of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV).

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot

Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot was the main ferry terminal for passengers of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the West Shore Railroad traveling to and from lower Manhattan.

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Desbrosses Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Desbrosses Street was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line.

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Desbrosses Street Ferry

The Desbrosses Street Ferry was a ferry route across the Hudson River (then called the North River) in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Elevated railway

An elevated railway (also known as an El rail, El train or simply an El for short, and, in Europe, as an overhead railway) is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed of steel, concrete, or brick).

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Exchange Place (Jersey City)

Exchange Place is a district of Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that is sometimes referred to as "Wall Street West" due to the concentration of financial companies that have offices there.

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Exchange Place station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

Exchange Place is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Hudson Street, between York and Montgomery Streets, in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Exchange Place station (PATH)

Exchange Place is a station on the PATH system.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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Ferry slip

A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry.

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Goods station

A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded off of ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.

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Greenville Yard

Greenville Yard is a freight rail yard in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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Hackensack River

The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor.

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Harborside (Jersey City)

Harborside is an office complex in the Exchange Place district of Jersey City, New Jersey located on the Hudson Waterfront.

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Harrison, New Jersey

Harrison is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Harsimus Stem Embankment

The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also called Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of the historic downtown of Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States.

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Hoboken Terminal

Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States.

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Hudson–Bergen Light Rail

The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a light rail system in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Intermodal passenger transport

Intermodal passenger transport, also called mixed-mode commuting, involves using two or more modes of transportation in a journey.

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IRT Ninth Avenue Line

The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue El, was the first elevated railway in New York City.

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J. Owen Grundy

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Jersey City Ferry

The Jersey City Ferry was a major ferry service that operated between Jersey City and Cortland Street in lower Manhattan for almost 200 years (1764-1949).

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Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.

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Journal Square Transportation Center

The Journal Square Transportation Center is a multi-modal transportation hub located on Kennedy Boulevard at Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

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Lehigh Valley Railroad

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.

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List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City

The following ferries once crossed the North River (Hudson River) between New York City and New Jersey.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Manhattan Transfer station

Manhattan Transfer was a passenger transfer station in Harrison, New Jersey, east of Newark, west of New York Penn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) main line, now Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

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Metropolitan Crosstown Line

The Metropolitan Crosstown Line was a surface public transit line in Manhattan, New York City, United States, connecting the 14th Street Ferry and Desbrosses Street Ferry on the Hudson River with the Grand Street Ferry on the East River.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan, or Midtown, represents the central lengthwise portion of the borough and island of Manhattan in New York City.

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New Jersey City University

New Jersey City University (NJCU) is a public university in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Tunnel Extension

The New York Tunnel Extension (also New York Improvement and Tunnel Extension), was a major project of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at the beginning of the 20th century, to improve railroad access throughout the greater New York City area.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County.

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Nomenclature

Nomenclature is a system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

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North River (Hudson River)

North River is an alternate name for the southernmost portion of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City and northeastern New Jersey in the United States.

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North River Tunnels

The North River Tunnels are a pair of tunnels that carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit rail lines under the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, New York City.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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Passaic and Harsimus Line

Conrail's Passaic and Harsimus Line serves freight in northeastern New Jersey, as an alternate to the mainly passenger Northeast Corridor.

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PATH (rail system)

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system serving Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, and Jersey City in metropolitan northern New Jersey, as well as lower and midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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PATH Lift Bridge

The PATH Lift is a lift bridge carrying the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rapid transit line across the Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Paulus Hook, Jersey City

Paulus Hook is a community on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey, located one mile across the river from Manhattan.

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Pavonia Terminal

Pavonia Terminal was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River situated on the landfilled Harsimus Cove in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City.

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Pennsylvania Station (Newark)

Pennsylvania Station (also known as Newark Penn Station) is a major transportation hub in Newark, New Jersey.

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Railroad terminals serving New York City

The table below shows all railroad lines that have served New York City and what terminal they used.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit, also known as heavy rail, metro, MRT, subway, tube, U-Bahn or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey-area railroads

For the purposes of this article, the Jersey City area extends North to Edgewater (the Northern end of the line along the Hudson River), South to Bayonne and includes Kearny Junction and Harrison but not Newark.

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United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a railroad company which began as the important Camden & Amboy Railroad (C&A) whose 1830 lineage began as one of the eight or ten earliest permanent North AmericanList of Earliest American RR's meant to be permanent: Lieper's, Granite Railroad, Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk, Delaware & Hudson, Mohawk & Hudson RR, Allegheny Portage RR, B&O RR railroads, and among the first common carrier transportation companies whose prospectus marketed an enterprise aimed (with a priority or principally) at carrying passengers fast and competing with stagecoaches between New York Harbor and Philadelphia-Trenton.

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Upper New York Bay

Upper New York Bay, or Upper Bay, is the traditional heart of the Port of New York and New Jersey, and often called New York Harbor.

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Weehawken Terminal

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.

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34th Street (Manhattan)

34th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Place_station_(PRR)

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