The station was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, with a 5 feet (1.5 m) storm surge inundating the facility the water rose as high as 8 feet (2.4 m) in the PATH tunnels. The terminal building's walls were demolished and rebuilt to resemble their original appearance. In addition, the terminal's clock tower was rebuilt in a renovation that took place between 20. It resumed in 1989 on the south side of the terminal and moved back to the restored ferry slips inside the historic terminal on December 7, 2011. įerry service from the terminal to lower Manhattan ended on November 22, 1967. Numerous streetcar lines (eventually owned and operated by the Public Service Railway), including the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway, originated/terminated at the station until bustitution was completed on August 7, 1949. NJ Transit bought Conrail's rail properties in northern New Jersey, including Hoboken Terminal, in 1983. The last intercity trains that called at the station, with service to Chicago and Buffalo, were discontinued on January 5, 1970.Ĭonrail acquired the terminal in 1976 when it bought the Erie Lackawanna's rail assets. In October 1965, on former Erie routes, there were five weekday trains run to Midvale, three to Nyack on the Northern Branch, three to Waldwick via the Newark Branch, two to Essex Fells on its Caldwell Branch, two to Carlton Hill, and one to Newton. The Erie moved its Northern Branch trains to Hoboken in 1959. In October 1956, four years before its merger with the DL&W to form the Erie Lackawanna Railway, the Erie Railroad began shifting its trains from Pavonia Terminal to Hoboken. Those at Weehawken ( New York Central), Pavonia ( Erie Railroad), and Exchange Place ( Pennsylvania Railroad) were demolished in the 1960s, while the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal was restored and is now part of Liberty State Park. Of these, Hoboken Terminal is the only one still in active use. The first revenue train on the new line ran from the terminal on February 26, 1908.Īt the peak of intercity rail service, five passenger terminals were operated by competing railroad companies along the Hudson Waterfront. The tubes of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, forerunner of PATH, were extended to Hoboken Terminal upon its opening. Both tunnels are still used by NJ Transit. The first of the Bergen Tunnels under Jersey City Heights was opened in 1876 by the Morris and Essex Railroad, which was leased by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad (DL&W).ĭesigned by architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, the DL&W built the modern terminal in 1907, and opened the second parallel tunnel in 1908. Cuts and tunnels were constructed through Bergen Hill to rail–ferry terminals on the west bank of the river and the Upper New York Bay. Passengers traveling to Manhattan from most of the continental USA had to transfer to a ferry at the riverbank.
The coming of the railroads brought more and more travelers to the west bank of the Hudson River.
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Hoboken Terminal is wheelchair accessible, with high-level platforms for light rail and PATH services and portable lifts for commuter rail services.Īn Erie Lackawanna commuter train arriving at Hoboken in November 1978 It is also the second-busiest railroad station in New Jersey, behind only Newark Penn Station, and its third-busiest transportation facility, after Newark Liberty International Airport and Newark Penn.
More than 50,000 people use the terminal daily, making it the ninth-busiest railroad station in North America and the sixth-busiest in the New York area. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by nine NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, one Metro-North Railroad line, various NJT buses and private bus lines, the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) rapid transit system, and NY Waterway-operated ferries.
Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.