Secaucus Transfer Station

Secaucus Junction
NJ Transit Rail Station
A train arriving at the upper platform level of Secaucus Junction station.
Location	County Road & County Avenue, Secaucus, NJ 07094
Coordinates	40°45′42″N 74°04′30″W / 40.76161°N 74.074985°W / 40.76161; -74.074985Coordinates: 40°45′42″N 74°04′30″W / 40.76161°N 74.074985°W / 40.76161; -74.074985
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Bergen County Line   Gladstone Branch   Main Line   Montclair-Boonton Line   Morristown Line   Meadowlands Rail Line   Northeast Corridor Line   North Jersey Coast Line   Pascack Valley Line   Port Jervis Line   Raritan Valley Line
Platforms	1 island platform and 2 side platforms (upper level) 2 island platforms (lower level)
Tracks	8
Connections	NJT Bus: 2, 78, 129, 329, 353 EZ Ride: 246, 268, 273/273X, 503, 524, 566 Megabus
Construction
Platform levels	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	December 15, 2003
Electrified	12Kv 25Hz (upper level)
Traffic
Passengers (Q1 FY2013)	23,440 (average weekday)  16.2%
Services
Lockers, elevators, escalators, quick service restaurants Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Newark Penn Station toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line New York Penn Station Terminus Newark Penn Station toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Newark Penn Station toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line limited service Newark Broad Street toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Morristown Line Newark Broad Street toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch limited service Wood-Ridge toward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Hoboken Terminus Kingsland toward Suffern Main Line Rutherford toward Suffern Bergen County Line Meadowlands Terminus Meadowlands Rail Line Metro-North Railroad Ramsey Route 17 toward Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Hoboken Terminus

Google Maps Street View

Upper Concourse Level

South Lower Level Concourse

Platform A/B, 2, & 3 (Upper Level)

Platforms E/F & G/H (Lower Level)

Bus Terminal/Plaza

Station from New Jersey Turnpike

Secaucus Junction (formerly known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages; also known simply as Secaucus) is a major commuter rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey. It serves trains from all New Jersey Transit Rail lines except the Princeton Branch and Atlantic City Line, and also serves the Metro-North Railroad Port Jervis Line and Pascack Valley Line.

It was dedicated as the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction and opened on December 15, 2003. U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died in 2013, was a transit advocate who had worked to allocate federal funds for the project.

The $450 million, 321,000-square-foot (29,800 m²) station sits where the Main Line tracks pass under the Northeast Corridor allowing passengers to transfer between trains to and from Hoboken Terminal and trains to and from New York Penn Station. In March 2016, a new bus station with 14 bus berths opened at the terminal. It will be used primarily for transferring passengers but was also conceived to add redundancy to the transportation network.

The station does not currently serve Amtrak trains, which pass through the station on the upper level outer tracks without stopping.

Unlike other New Jersey Transit rail stations, Secaucus Junction was specifically built as a transfer point; it allows passengers to transfer between trains on nine of the agency's commuter rail lines. Before Secaucus Junction was built, commuters on non-electrified lines to Hoboken Terminal used PATH trains or ferries to reach Manhattan and other points in New York City. Commuters whose trains terminated at New York Penn Station could connect to subway services but had to go to a PATH station to reach Hoboken (apart from Morristown Line riders).