Most of the NEC (those sections shown in red) is owned by Amtrak. Parts also served by commuter rail agencies are highlighted in blue (see
commuter rail in North America).
The 'Northeast Corridor' ('NEC') is the busiest passenger
rail line in the
United States by ridership and service frequency.
[1] The route is fully electrified and serves a densely urbanized string of cities from
Washington, D.C. in the south through
Baltimore,
Wilmington,
Philadelphia,
Trenton,
Newark,
New York,
New Haven, and
Providence to
Boston. It also has branches connecting Philadelphia with
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; New Haven with
Hartford, Connecticut and
Springfield, Massachusetts; New York City with
Albany, New York, and several other commuter destinations. The busiest passenger rail station in the United States is
Pennsylvania Station in New York, the central hub of the Northeast Corridor.
The NEC is immediately identified by the use of
overhead wires and high speed
rolling stock. Mostly operated and owned by
Amtrak, the NEC offers the only true
high-speed rail service in the United States, Amtrak's ''
Acela Express''. Several commuter rail agencies provide local service along the Northeast Corridor, some electrified and some
diesel-powered. These rail networks include
MARC in Maryland and Washington DC,
SEPTA in Pennsylania,
NJ Transit in New Jersey,
Metro-North in New York and Connecticut,
Shore Line East in Connecticut, and
MBTA in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The Northeast Corridor mainline closely parallels
Interstate 95 for its entire length.
Current passenger services
The busiest part of the Northeast Corridor is the segment between Philadelphia and New York City. Amtrak operates 54 round-trip trains each weekday on this route, with an extra train (the ''
Cardinal'') on Wednesdays and Fridays. 344 round trips use the New York City to Philadelphia segment per week.
Amtrak accounts for about 14% of all intercity trips (including those by automobile) between Washington, D.C., and New York City and about 47% of trips between those cities by rail or air carrier.
[2]
The following Amtrak services run along the Northeast Corridor:
★ ''
Acela Express'' - high-speed rail from Boston to Washington.
★ ''
Regional'' - local service along the NEC, continuing to
Newport News, Virginia and with a branch to
Springfield, Massachusetts.
★ ''
Keystone Service'' - local service along the
Keystone Corridor, using the NEC from New York to Philadelphia and continuing to
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Other services using the NEC:
★ ''
Cardinal'' - runs from
Chicago,
★ ''
Carolinian'' - runs from
Charlotte, North Carolina
★ ''
Crescent'' - runs from
New Orleans
★ ''
Lake Shore Limited'' - runs to
Chicago, Illinois
★ ''
Palmetto'' -
Savannah, Georgia
★ ''
Pennsylvanian'' - to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
★ ''
Silver Meteor'' and ''
Silver Star'' -
Miami
★ ''
Vermonter'' - to
St. Albans, Vermont
Non-Amtrak commuter rail services
In addition to Amtrak, several commuter rail agencies operate passenger service using the Northeast Corridor tracks.
★
MARC Penn Line - Washington to
Perryville, Maryland
★
SEPTA R2 Newark from
Newark, Delaware to Philadelphia
★ SEPTA
R7 Trenton from Philadelphia to
Trenton, New Jersey
★
New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line from Trenton to New York
★
New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line from Rahway to New York
★
New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley Line in Newark (on Weekends Newark to Kearny)
★
New Jersey Transit Mid-Town Direct Services Kearny to New York
★
Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line from
New Rochelle, New York to New Haven
★
Shore Line East from
Stamford, Connecticut to
New London, Connecticut
★
MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line from
Providence, Rhode Island to Boston
Ownership
An electric
Amtrak train with two
AEM-7 locomotives running through New Jersey on the Northeast Corridor.
Track
With primarily passenger services, the Northeast Corridor is a cooperative venture between Amtrak and various state agencies. Amtrak owns the track between Washington and
New Rochelle, New York, a northern suburb of New York City. The segment from New Rochelle to New Haven is owned by the states of New York and Connecticut.
Metro-North Railroad commuter trains operate on this segment. North of New Haven, ownership again reverts to Amtrak, whose tracks stretch to the border between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The final segment from the border north to Boston is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates commuter trains on this stretch alongside Amtrak trains.
Amtrak's ownership and upkeep of the line has become controversial after several high profile electric power failures in 2006 and other infrastructure problems.
[3] Intermittent power outages have caused delays, lasting up to five hours, for Amtrak and state commuter trains. Railroad officials have blamed
Amtrak's funding woes for the deterioration of the track and power supply infrastructure, which in places is almost a hundred years old.
[4]
Stations
Amtrak owns
Pennsylvania Station in New York,
30th Street Station in Philadelphia,
Penn Station in Baltimore, and
Union Station in Washington.
Freight service
Freight service is provided on the Northeast Corridor by
trackage rights. The
Norfolk Southern Railway operates over the line south of Philadelphia, and
CSX Transportation has rights from New York to New Haven and in Massachusetts. Between Philadelphia and New York,
Conrail, which formerly provided service on the whole line, still operates over the line, as a local switching and terminal company for both CSX and Norfolk Southern. The
Providence and Worcester Railroad operates local freight service from New Haven into Rhode Island and has
incidental trackage rights from New Haven to New York.
History
Unlike most
European
high-speed rail lines, built on new
rights-of-way, the NEC uses existing lines that were built separately as early as the 1830s; the most recent section, the
Hell Gate Bridge and
New York Connecting Railroad in New York, opened in 1917. From 1893, when the NYNH&H acquired the
Old Colony Railroad, including the Providence-Boston section of the NEC, the NEC has been owned by two companies - the
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) from Washington to New York and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H) from New York to Boston. Under the PRR and NYNH&H, the lines were known as the 'Philadelphia-to-Washington Main Line', 'Philadelphia-to-New York Main Line' and 'Shore Line'.
In 1968 the PRR merged with its former rival, the
New York Central Railroad, to form
Penn Central Transportation. The NYNH&H was merged into Penn Central in 1969, bringing the whole Washington-Boston corridor under control of one company. With the 1971 formation of
Amtrak, the intercity passenger services were under government control. In 1976 the
bankrupt Penn Central was taken over by the
government corporation Conrail, and the sections of line that had not already been sold to commuter transportation authorities were sold to Amtrak. The purchase of the Northeast Corridor was controversial at the time. The
Department of Transportation initially blocked the transaction and withheld purchase funds for several months for largely political reasons until Amtrak granted it control over reconstruction of the corridor.
[5]
New York electrification
The electrification projects of the steam railroads in the area which is now the NEC began with the
Park Avenue Tunnel of the
New York and Harlem Railroad, part of the
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (NYC) to its
Grand Central Terminal in New York, and also used by the NYNH&H via
trackage rights. With the 1900 opening of the
Gare d'Orsay in Paris, France, the first electrified urban rail terminal in the world, a new technology was available, and the NYC began planning for electrification between Grand Central and the split at
Mott Haven. Electricity was already in use on various branch lines of the NYNH&H, but was provided to
interurban streetcars via
third rail or
trolley wire.
Low visibility caused by the air pollution of the
steam locomotives used at the time caused an accident killing 17 on
January 8,
1902, and the resulting public outcry led to a push for electric operation in
Manhattan. In 1905 the NYNH&H announced that it would electrify its main line from New York to
Stamford, Connecticut. Along with the construction of the new
Grand Central Terminal, opened in
1912, the NYC electrified its lines, beginning on
December 11,
1906 with suburban
multiple unit service to
High Bridge on the
Hudson Line.
Electric locomotives began serving Grand Central
February 13,
1907, and all NYC passenger service into Grand Central was electrified
July 1. NYNH&H electrification began
July 24 to
New Rochelle,
August 5 to
Port Chester and
October 6,
1907 the rest of the way to Stamford. Steam trains last operated into Grand Central on
June 30,
1908, after which all NYNH&H passenger trains into Manhattan were electrified. On
June 22,
1914 the NYNH&H electrification was extended to
New Haven, where it would end for many years.
At the same time, the PRR was building its
Pennsylvania Station and electrified approaches, served by the PRR's lines in
New Jersey and the
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). LIRR electric service began in 1905 on the
Atlantic Branch from
downtown Brooklyn past
Jamaica, and in June 1910 on the branch to
Long Island City, part of the main line to Penn Station. Penn Station opened
September 8,
1910 for LIRR trains and
November 27 for the PRR, which changed engines and had platforms for transferring at
Manhattan Transfer.
On
July 29,
1911 the NYNH&H began electric service on its
Harlem River Branch, a suburban branch that would become a main line with the completion of the
New York Connecting Railroad and its
Hell Gate Bridge. The bridge opened on
April 1,
1917, but was operated by steam with an engine change at
Sunnyside Yard east of Penn Station until 1918.
Philadelphia electrification
In 1905, the PRR announced that it would electrify its suburban lines at Philadelphia, eventually extending it all the way between New York and Washington. Electric service began
September 11,
1915 with
multiple unit trains west to
Paoli on the PRR main line (now the
Keystone Corridor). Electric service to
Chestnut Hill (now the
R8 Chestnut Hill West), including a stretch of the NEC, began
March 30,
1918. Local electric service to
Wilmington, Delaware on the NEC began
September 30,
1928, and the other way to
Trenton, New Jersey on
June 29,
1930.
NEC southern section: New York to Washington
PRR electric service began between
Exchange Place, the
Jersey City terminal, and
New Brunswick, New Jersey on
December 8,
1932, including the extension of Penn Station electric service from Manhattan Transfer. On
January 16,
1933 the rest of the electrification, between New Brunswick and Trenton, opened, giving a fully electrified intercity line between New York and Philadelphia, and beyond to Wilmington. Through trains to Washington began running under electricity to Wilmington
February 12, with the engine change moved from Manhattan Transfer to Wilmington. The same was done on
April 9 for trains running west from Philadelphia, with the change point moved to Paoli.
In 1933, the electrification south of Wilmington stalled due to the
Great Depression, but the PRR managed to get a loan from the federal government, and resumed work the next year. The tunnels at Baltimore were rebuilt, and electric revenue service between New York and Washington began
February 10,
1935. On
April 7 the electrification of all New York-Washington passenger trains was complete, with 639 daily trains, 191 locomotive-hauled and the other 448 multiple unit. New York-Washington electric freight service began
May 20 with the electrification of freight lines in New Jersey and Washington. Extensions to
Potomac Yard across the
Potomac River from Washington, as well as several freight branches along the way, were electrified in 1937 and 1938. The Potomac Yard electrification remained until 1981.
The North American speed record for a production train
The
UAC Turbotrain set the speed record for a production train at 170.8 miles per hour on the Northeast Corridor between
New Brunswick, New Jersey and
Trenton, New Jersey on
December 20,
1967, when that portion of the line was still under Pennsylvania Railroad control.
[6]
NEC northern section: New York to Boston
Electrification of the portion north of New Haven to Providence and Boston was planned by the NYNH&H, and authorized by the company's board of directors shortly before the U.S. entered
World War I. This plan was not carried out because of the war and because of the company's financial problems. Decades later, a project for electrification between New Haven and Boston was included in a bill signed by President
Gerald Ford in 1976. The project stalled after 1980 because of opposition from the
Reagan Administration.
Penn Central and Amtrak: forming the NEC
Despite the
New York Connecting Railroad and
Hell Gate Bridge joining the two segments, they were operated almost entirely independently of each other until the merger of the PRR and NYNH&H into
Penn Central Transportation in 1968 and 1969 respectively, and the establishment of Amtrak in 1971. On
September 21,
1970 all New York-Boston trains but the ''
Turboservice'' were rerouted into Penn Station from Grand Central, and the ''Turboservice'' was moved
February 1,
1971. Amtrak, which took over
intercity service on
May 1,
1971, soon began running more trains through New York, partly due to poor maintenance at
Sunnyside Yard.
[7]
At the same time, rail freight service in New England was declining. The
February 26,
1975 Preliminary System Plan for Conrail proposed abandoning all freight on the Shore Line (NEC) between
Groton, Connecticut and
Hills Grove, Rhode Island. However, on
March 14, the
U.S. Railway Association announced that it had reevaluated the line segment and would be keeping it in operation.
[8]
The
State of New York bought and the
State of Connecticut leased their sections of the
New Haven Line, between
Woodlawn, New York and
New Haven, Connecticut, from Penn Central on
January 1,
1971; the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority operated the line. On
January 27,
1973 the
State of Massachusetts bought the
Attleboro/Stoughton Line in
Massachusetts for the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 provided for Amtrak to purchase the NEC, and all other NEC trackage passed to Amtrak on
April 1,
1976 with the formation of
Conrail, with Conrail
trackage rights on the full line. Except between New Haven and the Rhode Island/Massachusetts state line, which were sold to the
Providence and Worcester Railroad, those rights remained until the
1999 breakup of Conrail, when they were split between the
Norfolk Southern Railway to the south and
CSX Transportation to the north. Amtrak now operates and maintains the portion in Massachusetts, but the line from New Haven to
New Rochelle, New York is operated by the
Metro-North Railroad; this has been a problem with establishment of high-speed service.
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
In the 1980s, a major overhaul and improvement of the system between Washington DC and Boston was undertaken. Called NECIP, this included safety improvements, modernization of the signaling system by
General Railway Signal and new CETC control centers by
Chrysler at Philadelphia, New York and Boston. It allowed more trains to run faster and closer together, and set the stage for later high-speed operation.
Preparing for Acela Express
In preparation for the new higher-speed
Acela Express trains, Amtrak substantially upgraded the portion of the Northeast Corridor north of New York in the early 1990s. Grade crossings were eliminated, some bridges were rebuilt, and curves were modified. Beginning in 1996, the electrification was extended north along the 157-mile (253 km) section of track between New Haven and Boston. Wooden sleepers (
railroad ties) were replaced with those made of concrete and heavier
Continuous welded rail (CWR) (replacing the
Jointed track) was laid down. Train platforms south of New York, originally constructed for the ''
Metroliner'' multiple-unit cars of the late 1960s, were rebuilt to accommodate the new cars. Platforms north of New York had to be constructed completely from scratch.
Predecessor NEC railroads
For a more detailed history of the Northeast Corridor, and the earlier railroads operating along it, see the following articles:
;
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines
★
Boston and Providence Railroad,
Boston, Massachusetts to
Providence, Rhode Island (opened 1834-1835; realignment to Providence, 184]; realignment in Boston, 1899)
★
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, Providence to
Stonington, Connecticut (opened 1837; realignment in Providence, 1848)
★
New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad, Stonington to
New Haven, Connecticut (opened 1852
New London-New Haven except
Connecticut River bridge; opened 1858 Stonington-New London except
Thames River bridge; Connecticut River bridge (1870s); Thames River bridge (1889); realignment in New Haven, 1894)
★
New York and New Haven Railroad, New Haven to
New Rochelle, New York (opened 1849)
★
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, New Rochelle to
Port Morris, New York (opened 1873)
;NYNH&H and PRR jointly owned line
★
New York Connecting Railroad, Port Morris to
Sunnyside Yard (opened 1917)
;
Pennsylvania Railroad lines
★
Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, Sunnyside Yard to
Kearny Junction,
New Jersey (opened 1910)
★
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, Kearny Junction to
Trenton, New Jersey (opened 1834-1839; connection in Trenton to P&T by 1841; realignment
Monmouth Junction to Trenton, 1863; realignment in
Harrison and
Newark, 1870)
★
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, Trenton to
Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania (opened 1834)
★
Connecting Railway, Frankford Junction to
Zoo Tower, Pennsylvania (opened 1867)
★
Junction Railroad, Zoo Tower to
Grays Ferry, Pennsylvania (opened 1863-1866)
★
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Grays Ferry to
Bayview Yard, Maryland (opened 1837-1838;
Susquehanna River bridge, 1866)
★
Union Railroad, Bayview Yard to
Baltimore Union Station (opened 1873)
★
Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road, Baltimore Union Station to
Landover, Maryland (opened 1872-1873)
★
Washington Terminal Company, Landover to
Washington, D.C. (opened 1907)
Grade crossings
Due to the
high-speed nature of
Acela Express service, which uses the whole line,
grade crossings are highly discouraged, and most have been eliminated, mostly started after 1976 south of New York City (when Amtrak replaced the Metroliner
multiple units with the locomotive-hauled Metroliners). The remaining ones use preventative measures such as
four-quadrant gates, except in
New London, Connecticut, whose three crossings are very close to the station.
The following 11 crossings remain, all in southeastern
Connecticut:
★
Stonington, Connecticut
★
★ Palmer Street
★
★ Freeman's Crossing
★
★ Walker's Dock
★
★ Wamphassuc Crossing
★
★ MP 133.4 - Latimer Point Road
★
★ Broadway
★
Groton, Connecticut
★
★ School Street (the first quad-gate installation in the United States, in summer
1998)
★
New London, Connecticut
★
★ Governor Winthrop Boulevard
★
★ State Street
★
★ Bank Street Connector
★
Waterford, Connecticut
★
★ Miner's Lane
Station listing
★ Amtrak lines: AE=Acela Express, CD=Cardinal, CL=Carolinian, CPL=Capitol Limited, CS=Crescent, KS=Keystone, LS=Lake Shore Limited, ML=Metroliner, PA=Pennsylvanian, PL=Palmetto, RG=Regional, SM=Silver Meteor, SS=Silver Star, VT=Vermonter (note that not all trains of that designation necessarily stop at all marked stations)
★ MARC: Served by
MARC Penn Line trains.
★ MBTA: Served by
MBTA Attleboro/Stoughton Line trains.
★ MTA: Served by MTA
Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line trains.
★ NJT: Served by
New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line trains.
★ SEPTA: Served by
SEPTA Regional Rail R7 and R2 trains.
★ SLE: Served by Connecticut
Shore Line East trains.
Station Listing| State | Milepost | City | Station | Amtrak | Other | Connections |
|---|
| MA | 228.7 | Boston | South Station | 'AE' RG LS | MBTA | | MBTA Red Line, commuter rail to Plymouth, Middleborough |
| 227.6 | Back Bay Station | 'AE' RG LS | MBTA | | MBTA Orange Line, commuter rail to Worcester |
| 226.5 | Ruggles | | MBTA | | MBTA Orange Line |
| 223.7 | Forest Hills | | MBTA | | MBTA Orange Line |
| 220.3 | Hyde Park | | MBTA | | |
| 217.3 | Dedham
Westwood | Route 128 | 'AE' RG | MBTA | | MBTA commuter rail, park and ride |
| 213.9 | Canton | Canton Junction | | MBTA | | MBTA commuter rail to Stoughton |
| 210.8 | Sharon | Sharon | | MBTA | | |
| 204.0 | Mansfield | Mansfield | | MBTA | | |
| 196.9 | Attleboro | Attleboro | | MBTA | | |
| 191.9 | South Attleboro | | MBTA | | |
| 190.8 | state line Massachusetts/Rhode Island |
| RI | 185.1 | Providence | Providence | 'AE' RG | MBTA | | |
| ''Warwick'' | ''T. F. Green Airport'' | | ''MBTA'' | | ''not yet open'' |
| 158.1 | South Kingstown | Kingston | RG | | | |
| 141.3 | Westerly | Westerly | RG | | | |
| 141.1 | state line Rhode Island/Connecticut |
| CT | 132.3 | Stonington | Mystic | RG | | | |
| 122.9 | New London | New London | 'AE' RG | | SLE | |
| 105.1 | Old Saybrook | Old Saybrook | RG | | SLE | |
| 101.2 | Westbrook | Westbrook | | | SLE | |
| 96.8 | Clinton | Clinton | | | SLE | |
| 93.1 | Madison | Madison | | | SLE | |
| 88.8 | Guilford | Guilford | | | SLE | |
| 81.4 | Branford | Branford | | | SLE | |
| 72.9 | Division Post - Metro-North Railroad/Amtrak |
| 72.7 | New Haven | State Street Station | | MTA | SLE | |
| 72.3 | Union Station | 'AE' RG VT | MTA | SLE | Amtrak to Hartford and Springfield |
| 63.3 | Milford | Milford | | MTA | | |
| 59.0 | Stratford | Stratford | | MTA | | Metro-North to Waterbury |
| 55.4 | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | RG VT | MTA | SLE | |
| 50.6 | Fairfield | Fairfield | | MTA | | |
| 48.9 | Southport | | MTA | | |
| 47.2 | Westport | Green's Farms | | MTA | | |
| 44.2 | Westport | | MTA | | |
| 42.1 | Norwalk | East Norwalk | | MTA | | |
| 41.0 | South Norwalk | | MTA | | Metro-North to Danbury |
| 39.2 | Rowayton | | MTA | | |
| 37.7 | Darien | Darien | | MTA | | |
| 36.2 | Noroton Heights | | MTA | | |
| 33.1 | Stamford | Stamford | 'AE' RG VT | MTA | SLE | Metro-North to New Canaan |
| 31.3 | Greenwich | Old Greenwich | | MTA | | |
| 30.3 | Riverside | | MTA | | |
| 29.6 | Cos Cob | | MTA | | |
| 28.1 | Greenwich | | MTA | | |
| 26.1 | state line Connecticut/New York |
| NY | 25.7 | | Port Chester | | MTA | | |
| 24.1 | | Rye | | MTA | | |
| 22.2 | | Harrison | | MTA | | |
| 20.5 | | Mamaroneck | | MTA | | |
| 18.7 | | Larchmont | | MTA | | |
| 16.6 | | New Rochelle | RG | MTA | | Metro-North to Grand Central |
| 0.0 | New York City | Penn Station | 'AE' CD CL CS KS ML PA PL RG SM SS VT | | NJT | Long Island Rail Road, NYCT A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, Amtrak trains to Albany, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago |
| 01.20 | state line New York/New Jersey |
| NJ | 05.00 | Secaucus | Secaucus Junction | | | NJT | NJT to Hoboken and northern New Jersey |
| 07.00 | Secaucus/Harrison | Portal Drawbridge | | | NJT | Active Moveable Bridge over Hackensack River. |
| 07.25 | Harrison | '''Swift''' | | | NJT | Junction with NJT Moris & Essex Line to Dover, Hackettstown & Gladstone and Montclair-Boonton Line to Montclair Heights, Dover and Hackettstown. |
| 08.60/07.10 | '''Hudson''' | | | NJT | Former location of 'Manhattan Transfer'; Current junction between 'NJT Kearney Connection', AMT NEC 'NY Connecting RR' and AMT NEC 'Penn Main Line'. First Mile Post for NY Connecting RR. Second Mile Post for Penn Main Line. |
| 08.50 | Hudson Yard | | | NJT | Amtrak/NJT Yard. |
| 08.80 | Newark | '''Dock''' | | | | Active Moveable Bridge over Passaic River. |
| 09.00 | Penn Station | 'AE' CD CL CS KS ML PA PL RG SM SS VT | | NJT | Newark City Subway, PATH |
| 10.00 | '''Cliff''' | | | | Former 'Newark(South Street) Station. southern throat for Newark Station.| |
| 10.80 | '''Hunter''' | | | | Junction for NJT Raritan Valley Line to High Bridge and Raritan; Conrail Lehigh Valley Line and Reading Line to West Trenton. |
| 12.00 | Newark Airport | KS RG | | NJT | AirTrain. |
| 12.60 | '''Lane''' | | | | Junction for Conrail Greenville and Passaic & Harsimus Branches. |
| 13.40 | Elizabeth | North Elizabeth | | | NJT | |
| 14.50 | Elizabeth (Broad Street) | | NJT | |
| 15.00 | '''Elmora''' | | | | Interlocking Plant |
| 15.10 | South Elizabeth | | | | Closed passenger Station. |
| 17.70 | Linden | Linden | | | NJT | |
| 19.20 | Rahway | North Rahway | | | NJT | Closed passenger station. |
| 19.80 | Rahway | | | NJT | |
| 20.00 | '''Union''' | | | | Junction with NJT North Jersey Coast Line to Bay Head. |
| 21.90 | Woodbridge | Colonia | | | | Closed passenger station. |
| 23.00 | Iselin | | | | Closed passenger station. |
| 23.20 | Metropark | 'AE' CL KS ML RG VT | | NJT | Park and ride |
| 26.20 | Metuchen | Metuchen | | | NJT | |
| 26.40 | '''Lincoln''' | | | | Interlocking Plant. |
| 29.30 | Edison | Edison | | | NJT | |
| 31.70 | New Brunswick | New Brunswick | KS RG | | NJT | |
| 33.20 | '''County''' | | | | Junction Conrail Millstone Running Track |
| 33.10 | Current Jersey Avenue Station | | | NJT | Park and ride |
| 33.40 | Old Jersey Avenue Station | | | NJT | |
| 35.90 | North Brunswick | Adams | | | | Closed Passenger Station |
| 38.90 | South Brunswick | Deans | | | | Closed Passenger Station |
| 41.40 | Monmouth Junction | | | | Interlocking Plant |
| 41.60 | '''Midway''' | | | | Junction with Conrail Jamesburg Branch. |
| 47.30 | Princeton Junction | '''Nassau''' | | | | Junction with NJT Princeton Branch. |
| 47.40 | Princeton Junction | KS ML RG | | NJT | NJT Princeton Branch to Princeton. |
| 54.0 | Hamilton Township (Mercer County) | PRR Division Post New Jersey/Philadelphia Divisions | | | | |
| 53.40 | Hamilton | | | NJT | |
| 54.90 | '''Millham''' | | | | Interlocking Plant. |
| 56.80 | Trenton | '''Fair''' | | | | Junction for Belvedere-Delaware Secondary Track. Former junction for Bordentown Secondary Track '(See NJT River Line)' Current Amtrak Division Post New York and Philadelphia Divisions. |
| 57.10 | Trenton | 'AE' CD CL CS KS ML PA RG SM SS VT | SEPTA | NJT | NJT River Line to Camden |
| 57.70 | state line New Jersey/Pennsylvania |
| PA | 58.50 | Morrisville | Morrisville | | | | Closed passenger station |
| 58.60 | '''Morris''' | | | | Junction for Conrail Trenton Branch and Morrisville Yard. |
| 63.6 | Tullytown | Levittown | | SEPTA | | |
| 66.8 | Bristol | Bristol | | SEPTA | | |
| 69.7 | Bristol Township | Croydon | | SEPTA | | |
| 71.3 | Bensalem | Eddington | | SEPTA | | |
| 72.5 | Cornwells Heights | KS RG | SEPTA | | |
| 74.6 | Philadelphia | Torresdale | | SEPTA | | |
| 77.2 | Holmesburg Junction | | SEPTA | | |
| 78.2 | Tacony | | SEPTA | | |
| 80.1 | Bridesburg | | SEPTA | | |
| 85.1 | North Philadelphia | KS RG | SEPTA | | |
88.1
0 | Zoo Tower | | | | |
| 1.5 | 30th Street Station | 'AE' CD CL CS KS ML PA PL RG SM SS VT | SEPTA | | NJ Transit to Atlantic City, Market-Frankford Line, Subway-Surface Trolleys, all SEPTA commuter rail lines, Amtrak trains to Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Chicago |
| University City | | SEPTA | | SEPTA to Philadelphia International Airport, Elwyn, and Delaware |
| 6.1 | Darby | Darby | | SEPTA | | |
| 6.5 | Sharon Hill | Curtis Park | | SEPTA | | |
| 7.2 | Sharon Hill | | SEPTA | | |
| 7.7 | Folcroft | Folcroft | | SEPTA | | |
| 8.3 | Glenolden | Glenolden | | SEPTA | | |
| 9.0 | Norwood | Norwood | | SEPTA | | |
| 9.7 | Prospect Park | Prospect Park | | SEPTA | | |
| 10.4 | Ridley Park | Ridley Park | | SEPTA | | |
| 11.1 | Crum Lynne | | SEPTA | | |
| 12.3 | Eddystone | Eddystone | | SEPTA | | |
| 13.4 | Chester | Chester Transportation Center | | SEPTA | | |
| 15.5 | Highland Avenue Station | | SEPTA | | |
| 16.7 | Marcus Hook | Marcus Hook | | SEPTA | | |
| 18.2 | state line Pennsylvania/Delaware |
| DE | 19.6 | | Claymont | | SEPTA | | |
| 26.8 | | Wilmington | 'AE' CD CL CS ML PL RG SM SS VT | SEPTA | | |
| | Churchmans Crossing | | SEPTA | | |
| 38.7 | | Newark | RG | SEPTA | | |
| 41.5 | state line Delaware/Maryland |
| MD | 59.5 | Perryville | Perryville | | MARC | | |
| 65.5 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | RG | MARC | | |
| 75.6 | Edgewood | Edgewood | | MARC | | |
| 84.2 | | Martin Airport | | MARC | | |
| 95.7 | Baltimore | Penn Station | 'AE' CD CL CS ML PL RG SM SS VT | MARC | | Maryland Transit Administration Light Rail |
| 99.4 | West Baltimore | | MARC | | |
| 103.0 | | Halethorpe | | MARC | | |
| 107.7 | Linthicum | BWI Rail Station | 'AE' CD CL ML RG VT | MARC | | |
| 113.6 | Odenton | Odenton | | MARC | | |
| 119.4 | Bowie | Bowie State | | MARC | | |
| 124.7 | Seabrook | Seabrook | | MARC | | |
| 126.1 | New Carrollton | New Carrollton | RG VT | MARC | | WMATA Orange Line, park and ride |
| 131.4 | state line Maryland/District of Columbia |
| DC | 135.9
1.1 | Washington | C Tower | | | | |
| 0.0 | Union Station | 'AE' CPL CD CL CS ML PL RG SM SS VT | MARC | | VRE commuter rail, WMATA Red Line, Amtrak trains to Virginia, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami |
References
1. Transportation Statistics Annual Report
2. Congressional Budget Office. "The Past and Future of U.S. Passenger Rail Service," September 2003.[1]
3. Still No Answers in May Amtrak Power Outage
4. Amtrak: Cause of power outage unknown Tom Baldwin
5. ''A loss for Amtrak is Coleman's Gain.'' ''Business Week'', p.36 (Sept. 13, 1976).
6. Passenger rail in the 20th Century William D. Middleton
7. Kevin McKinney, At the dawn of Amtrak, ''Trains'' June 1991
8. United States Railway Association final system plan for reconstructing railroads in the northeast and midwest region pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Sources
★ Middleton, William D. (1974) ''When The Steam Railroads Electrified'' (1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-028-0
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PRR Chronology (Christopher T. Baer)
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Amtrak Northeast Corridor mileposts
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PRR New York Division track profiles
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