List of New Jersey railroad junctions

This is a List of New Jersey railroad junctions, present and past.

JunctionSystemsLinesLocationCurrent status |-Aldene JunctionCNJ, LV, CSAO, NJT, CNJ Main Line, LV Terminal Branch, NJT Raritan Valley LineAldeneOpened May 1, 1967. Currently in service for NJT's Raritan Valley trains. At the time of completion (and along with the Hunter Connection), it allowed CRRNJ traffic to terminate in Newark Penn Station, rather than its own Communipaw Terminal. This saved the floundering CNJ of the large operating costs of their terminal and ferry service. Reading Company's Crusader that once terminated in Communipaw also used the junction to terminate in Penn Station. A shuttle between Cranford and Bayonne, known as "the Scoot," operated until August 6, 1978, after which the right-of-way between Aldene and Bayonne was effectively abandoned. The CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was demolished in stages after the US Coast Guard deemed it too great a hazard to maritime traffic. The junction and the Aldene-Elizabethport right-of-way is currently owned and controlled by CSAO.Alloway Junction P-RSL, WJ&S Salem Branch/Quinton BranchAllowayQuinton Branch is abandonedAndover JunctionDL&W,L&HRDL&W Sussex Branch/LHR mainAndoverAll lines now abandoned, DLW Sussex Branch abandoned September 30, 1966, trackage removed 1967–1977, LHR Mainline abandoned 1985, trackage removed 1989Anglesea JunctionPRR, WJ&SS, P-RSLWJ&SS Cape May BranchBurleighAbandonedAtsion JunctionCNJCNJ Southern Div.AtsionBranch to Atco abandonedBaker JunctionNJT, EL, DL&WMorristown and Erie MainMorristownJunction in Morristown, New Jersey between New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex line and the Morristown and Erie (M&E) main line. It has been fully operational for over 100 years and currently remains in service to provide connections for the shortline M&E to the national rail network.Barnegat City JunctionTRR, PRRLong Beach RailroadShip BottomAll abandonedBay Head JunctionCNJ, PRR, NJTNew York and Long Branch Railroad/North Jersey Coast Line, Long Branch and Barnegat Bay RailroadBay HeadPRR abandoned Bay Head Jct.-Toms River portion of its Camden-Toms River-Bay Head Jct. Line in 1946 after the bridge over Barnaget Bay burned. Bergen JunctionERIE, DLW, EL, NJTDLW Boonton Branch (NJT Main Line), Erie Main Line (NJT Bergen County Line)Jersey CityJunction no longer exists. Was created to shift Erie's Main Line operations from Pavonia Terminal to Lackawanna Terminal. Was removed with creation of Secaucus Junction, which shifted NJT Bergen County Line junction with NJT Main Line north.Bound Brook JunctionLV, CNJ, RDGJunction of former Lehigh Valley Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey main lines and Reading Railroad Port Reading BranchBound BrookA junction still exists, but is rarely used since the lines now serve passenger and freight traffic separately. The original Bound Brook Jct (where the Reading line to Philadelphia met the CNJ main line 1.6 miles west of Bound Brook station) was removed by Conrail years ago. The former LV main line is now operated by Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern and used for long distance and local freight services. The former CNJ main line is now NJ Transit's Raritan passenger line. A branch line called the Port Reading Secondary, formerly called the Port Reading Railroad (RDG), originates at Bound Brook Junction and crosses northern Middlesex County to connect with the Chemical Coast line in Eastern Middlesex County. The Port Reading Secondary has been refurbished and upgraded by its new owner CSX as a second route to Oak Island Terminal in Newark, NJ (via the Chemical Coast Line) and other points on the CSX system. The line now handles much more freight traffic than it handled in the later 20th Century under Conrail, including long haul double-stack container freight traffic. Bowentown JunctionBranchville JunctionDLWSussex BranchLafayetteAbandoned 1934, removed 1938Bridgeton JunctionP-RSL, CNJCNJ Southern Div./PRSL(WJ&SS)Bridgeton BranchBridgetonPRSL Bridgeton Branch is abandoned to northBrigantine JunctionACRR, RDG, P-RSLACRR Main Line, Brigantine BranchPomonaAll abandonedBrills JunctionCNJNewark and New York BranchNewarkNewark to Jersey City line abandonedBrown's Mills JunctionPRRPhiladelphia and Long Branch Railroad, Brown's Mills BranchBrowns MillsAbandonedBurlington JunctionCaldwell JunctionNYGL, ERIE, ELNYGL, Caldwell BranchLittle FallsCaldwell Branch abandoned. NYGL line now NJT Montclair-Boonton Line, Caldwell Branch now West Essex Trail.Carteret JunctionChester JunctionDLW, CNJDLW Chester Branch, CNJ High Bridge BranchChesterAbandoned, now a rail-trailColumbia Junction (Delaware Junction)BRW, NYSWBlairstown Railway/NYSW former Mainline and Delaware BranchColumbiaAll abandonedConstable Hook JunctionLVConstable Hook BranchBayoneActiveCranford JunctionSIRT, B&O, ME, CNJ, NJTNorth Shore Branch, Raritan Valley LineCranfordExistsCroxton JunctionERIE, EL, CSAO, CSX, NSErie Main Line, Northern BranchJersey CityActive for freight. Junction at southern end of NS Croxton Yard. Passenger service ended after Erie operations were shifted from Pavonia Terminal to Lackawanna Terminal.Cutoff JunctionDL&WSussex Branch, Newton BranchLafayette AbandonedD&R JunctionDLW, CNJ, NJT, MEDover & Rockaway RR, NJTDoverActive freight branch used by ME off of NJ Transit Morristown LineDelair JunctionC&A, WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, CSAOC&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Morris Branch to Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line)Pennsauken Main lines exist, connecting Morris Branch abandoned to the north, new junction created to the southEast Haddonfield JunctionWJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJTCamden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line), Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford RailroadHaddonfieldMedford branch abandonedEatontown JunctionCNJSouthern Div. and Seashore Br. Longbranch Conn.Eatontown Southern Div. operated by CSX, Seashore Br. Longbranch Conn. abandonedEnterprise JunctionFerromonte JunctionCNJ, EL, DL&WHigh Bridge (CNJ) and Chester (DL&W) BranchesKenvilFerromonte Junction is a railroad junction located in Kenvil, New Jersey. It was originally formed by the crossing at grade of the Central Railroad of New Jersey's High Bridge Branch (former Long Valley Railroad) with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Chester Branch (former Chester Railroad) and the connection to the Ferromonte Railroad (a CNJ subsidiary). When the Chester Branch was abandoned east of the junction, a switch was cut in to connect the western portion to the High Bridge Branch, and both lines are now operated by the Morristown and Erie RailwayFish House JunctionC&A, WJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, CSAOC&A Mainline (NJT River Line/CSAO Bordentown Secondary), Camden & Atlantic RR (NJT Atlantic City Line)Pennsauken ExistsFlemington JunctionPRRBel-Del Mainline, Flemington BranchLambertvilleBel-Del Mainline Abandoned, Black River and Western Railroad owns Flemington BranchFlemington JunctionLVLV Mainline, Flemington BranchFlemington JunctionBranch abandonedFranklin JunctionNYSW, LHRNYSW Zinc Mine branch, LHR MainFranklin, New JerseyNYSW Hanford Branch abandoned 1958, LHR acquired portion from Franklin Junction south to New Jersey Zinc Company and renamed "NJ Zinc Mine Branch", abandoned 1987. NYSW runs freight on LHR trackage currently through Franklin.Gloucester JunctionACRR, RDG, P-RSLACRR Main Line, Grenloch BranchCamdenExistsGranton JunctionNYC NYSW NYSW West Shore RailroadNorth BergenNYSWCSX River SubdivisionCSX Northern Branch Great Island JunctionCNJ, CSAOCNJ Mainline, Newark Branch/Chemical Coast LineElizabethMainline east to Jersey City abandonedGreen Pond JunctionCNJ, NYSWNYSW Mainline, High Bridge Branch (Wharton & Northern RR)JeffersonSecond connection after Charlotteburg Reservoir was created. CNJ abandoned 1971, NYSW active.Hacklebarney JunctionCNJHigh Bridge Branch, Hacklebarney BranchChesterAll abandonedHaddonfield JunctionWJ&S, PRR, P-RSL, NJT, PATCOCamden & Atlantic RR, PATCO Speedline, NJT Atlantic City LineHaddonfield Junction at Vernon Interlocking for Main Line to Broadway Station at Camden (now PATCO Speedline) and "Bridge trains" to Philadelphia via Delair Bridge (now NJT Atlantic City Line)Hainesburg JunctionNYSW, LNEFormer connection of the two railroads to shared single trackHainesburgNYSW Main northeast of Hainesburg Jct. to East Stroudsburg, P.A. abandoned and removed 1941, LNE Main west of Hainesburg Jct. abandoned 1961, NYSW abandoned 1962, all trackage removed 1962. Both railroads used 18 miles of shared track from this point north (to Swartswood Junction). A freight interchange yard between the NYS&W and the LNE existed just south of this junction.Hamburg JunctionNYSW, LHRNYSW Hanford Branch, LHR MainHamburgNYSW Hanford Branch to north abandoned 1958. Track removed from Hamburg to Unionville, NY 1959. NYSW runs freight on LHR trackage currently through Hamburg.Hampton JunctionDL&W, CNJHampton Branch, CNJ mainlineHamptonHampton Branch abandoned 1958, trackage removed 1959, CNJ Main abandoned, tracks still in placeHarbor Branch JunctionACRR, RDG, P-RSLCape May Branch, Harbor BranchCape MayHarbor Branch abandonedHibernia JunctionCNJ, DLW, MEHigh Bridge Branch (Hibernia Mine RR), DLW Rockaway BranchRockawayME operates along CNJ; DLW Rockaway Branch abandonedHigh Bridge JunctionCNJHigh Bridge Branch, CNJ MainHigh BridgeHigh Bridge Br. abandoned 1976 by Conrail, trackage removed 1977. CNJ Main abandoned from High Bridge to Phillipsburg by NJT. Tracks still in place. Hightstown JunctionPRRCamden and Amboy Railroad, Pemberton and Hightstown RailroadEast WindsorAbandonedHopatcong JunctionCNJHigh Bridge Branch (Lake Hopatcong RR, Dover & Rockaway RR, Longwood Valley RR)KenvilAll abandonedHopping Junction HunterPRR, CNJRaritan Valley Line, NEC, Conrail Lehigh LineNewarkIsland Heights JunctionPRR, RDGPRR Amboy Div., RDG branchBeachwoodAbandonedJamesburg JunctionKearny JunctionAmtrak, NJTNortheast Corridor, Morris & Essex LinesKearnyKent JunctionKingsland JunctionDLW, EL, NJTBoonton Branch (NJT Main Line), Harrison Cut-OffLyndhurstHarrison Cut-Off abandoned.Lake JunctionDL&WChester BranchKenvilThe Chester branch begins at the Lake Junction interchange, where all incoming and outgoing cars are exchanged with Norfolk Southern. The line continues in a southwest direction, to Ferromonte Junction, the start of the High Bridge Branch, and continues southward for about a mile. The line is now operated by the Morristown and Erie Railway, which provides daily service.Landsdown JunctionLVClinton Branch and Pittstown BranchFranklinBoth Branches are abandoned and now serve as rail trails maintained by the State of New Jersey.Lehigh JunctionLinden JunctionSIRT, B&O, ME, PRR, NJTNorth Shore Branch, Northeast Corridor LineLindenSIR active freight line, NEC active passenger line, no current connectionLittle Ferry JunctionNYSWEdgewater BranchRidgefield ParkExists, Edgewater Branch abandoned further eastLodi Junction (NY&NJ)NYNJLodi BranchTeterboroThe NY&NJ (currently NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line) briefly had a branch line heading west to Lodi, slightly south of the current I-80, eventually. The junction was slightly north of the site of the present Teterboro station.Lodi JunctionNYSWLodi Industrial SpurLodiShort industrial spur that used to serve a number of businesses along Gregg St in Lodi. Mostly used now for car storage. Now abandoned just before Garibaldi Ave, tracks removed south of this point and almost no trace of ROW remains. Used to cross Rt 46 and continue into center of Lodi (and possibly crossing the Saddle Brook) through residential neighborhood where it served a number of chemical plants, which have long since burned down, exploded, or been demolished.Macopin Lake JunctionNYSWNYSW Mainline, Macopin Lake BranchJeffersonBranch abandonedManunka Chunk JunctionDL&W, PRRLackawanna Old Road, Bel-DelColumbiaAll abandonedMarion JunctionPRR, ERIE, CSX, CSAORiver Line, Passaic and Harsimus LineJersey CityExists, active for freightMeado