Northeast Corridor

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. 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 (known as the Keystone Corridor); 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, as well as lower-speed conventional passenger trains. Freight trains also use the tracks. Several commuter rail agencies provide local service along the Northeast Corridor, some electrified and some diesel-powered. These rail networks are MARC in Maryland and Washington, D.C., SEPTA in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and central New Jersey, NJ Transit in New Jersey and New York, Metro-North in New York and Connecticut, Shore Line East in Connecticut, and MBTA in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Interstate 95 closely parallels the Northeast Corridor mainline for its entire length, and the mainline can be seen from portions of the highway. Indeed, I-95 so closely parallels the rail line that at times it takes the same curves as the rail line, especially in Connecticut.

An electric Amtrak train with two AEM-7 locomotives running through New Jersey on the Northeast Corridor.

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.

The following Amtrak services run along the Northeast Corridor:

• Acela Express - high-speed rail from Boston to Washington.
• Northeast 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 - to/from Chicago
• Carolinian - to/from Charlotte, North Carolina
• Crescent - to/from New Orleans
• Palmetto - to/from Savannah, Georgia
• Pennsylvanian - to/from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Silver Meteor and Silver Star - to/from Miami
• Vermonter - to/from St. Albans, Vermont
• New Haven-Springfield Shuttle from New Haven to Springfield, Massachusetts, through Hartford

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 R1 Airport in Philadelphia (from 30th Street Station to Phil Interlocking in Southwest Philadelphia)
• SEPTA R2 Newark from Newark, Delaware, to Philadelphia
• SEPTA R3 Media/Elwyn in Philadelphia (from 30th Street Station to Arsenal Junction in University City)
• SEPTA R7 Trenton from Philadelphia to Trenton, New Jersey
• SEPTA R8 Chestnut Hill West in Philadelphia (from 30th Street Station to North Philadelphia Station)
• New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line in Philadelphia (from 30th Street Station to Frankford Junction)
• New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Express Service from New York to Frankford Junction
• 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
• New Jersey Transit Morris and Essex Lines from Secaucus Junction to New York
• New Jersey Transit Montclair-Boonton Line from Secaucus Junction to New York
• Long Island Rail Road Main Line for access to New York Penn Station
• 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

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.

An Amtrak catenary maintenance unit on the 4-track line north of Baltimore

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.

Under Amtrak's ownership, the Northeast Corridor experienced several high-profile electric-power failures in 2006 and other infrastructure problems. Intermittent power outages 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.

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. CSX also has rights between Benning Yard in Washington, DC and Bowie, MD, where the CSX Pope's Creek Secondary diverges from the NEC. 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

Boston South Greenbush, Old Colony, and Fairmount Lines Back Bay Inland Route Boston to Route 128 Boston to Route 128 Ruggles Forest Hills Hyde Park Franklin/Foxboro Line and Fairmount Line Readville Route 128 Route 128 to Providence Route 128 to Providence Canton Junction Stoughton Branch Sharon Framingham Secondary Mansfield Middleboro Subdivision Attleboro East Junction Branch South Attleboro East Providence Branch MA RI Providence and Worcester RR Pawtucket/​Central Falls Providence Providence to New London Providence to New London T. F. Green Airport Seaview Railroad Wickford Junction Kingston Westerly RI CT Mystic Groton Wharf Branch Norwich and Worcester Railroad New England Central Railroad New London New London to New Haven New London to New Haven Valley Railroad Old Saybrook Westbrook Clinton Madison Guilford Branford Steam Railroad Branford Air Line New Haven–Springfield Line New Haven State Street New Haven New Haven to Stamford New Haven to Stamford West Haven Milford Waterbury Branch Stratford Bridgeport Fairfield Metro Fairfield Southport Green's Farms Westport East Norwalk Danbury Branch South Norwalk Rowayton Darien Noroton Heights New Canaan Branch Stamford Stamford to New York City Stamford to New York City Old Greenwich Riverside Cos Cob Greenwich CT NY Port Chester Rye Harrison Mamaroneck Larchmont New Rochelle New Haven Line Oak Point Link New York Connecting Railroad LIRR Main Line Lower Montauk Branch LIRR Main Line New York New York City to Newark New York City to Newark Empire Corridor NY NJ CSX River Subdivision NJ Transit Secaucus Junction Waterfront Connection Kearny Connection Newark Penn Station Newark to Metropark Newark to Metropark Raritan Valley Line / Lehigh Line Newark Liberty Int'l Airport North Elizabeth Elizabeth Staten Island Railway Linden Linden Industrial Track Rahway North Jersey Coast Line Metropark Metropark to Trenton Metropark to Trenton Port Reading Secondary Metuchen Edison New Brunswick Millstone Branch Jersey Avenue Jamesburg Branch Princeton Junction Princeton Branch Hamilton Trenton Trenton to Philadelphia Trenton to Philadelphia NJ PA Trenton Cutoff / NJT Morrisville Yard Fairless Branch Levittown Bristol Croydon Eddington Cornwells Heights Torresdale Bustleton Branch Holmesburg Junction Tacony Bridesburg Atlantic City Line North Philadelphia SEPTA Main Line Chestnut Hill West Line CSX CSX Keystone Corridor Zoo Junction Philadelphia–30th Street  Philadelphia to Wilmington  Philadelphia to Wilmington West Chester Line Philadelphia Subdivision Airport Line Darby Curtis Park Sharon Hill Folcroft Glenolden Norwood Prospect Park Ridley Park Crum Lynne Eddystone Chester T.C. Highland Avenue Chester Secondary Marcus Hook PA DE Claymont Shellpot Branch Wilmington Wilmington to Baltimore Wilmington to Baltimore Philadelphia Subdivision Shellpot Branch Churchmans Crossing Delmarva Secondary Newark, DE DE MD Port Road Branch Perryville Aberdeen Edgewood Martin State Airport Port of Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore to BWI Airport Baltimore to BWI Airport West Baltimore Halethorpe Camden Line BWI Airport BWI Airport to Washington BWI Airport to Washington Odenton Bowie State Pope's Creek Subdivision Seabrook New Carrollton Landover Subdivision Alexandria Extension MD DC Camden Line Brunswick Line Washington, D.C. RF&P Subdivision

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.

New York electrification

The electrification projects of the steam railroads in the area which is now the NEC began with the Baltimore Belt Line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1896 and 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 (274.8 kilometers 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.

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. Electrification of this section was at last completed prior to the December 2000 introduction of Acela Express service.

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.

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.

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. Also the most successful engine on the Corridor, the AEM-7 was introduced. This Locomotive allowed for lower travel times between cities.

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 July 28, 1835 with the completion of the Canton Viaduct; realignment to Providence, 1847; 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 (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 the line, grade crossings have been eliminated between New York and Washington since 1976 (when Amtrak replaced the Metroliner multiple units with the locomotive-hauled Metroliners). Eleven grade crossings remain on the NEC, all of which are in southeastern Connecticut. At these crossings, preventative measures such as four-quadrant gates are used (except in New London, Connecticut, where three crossings are in close proximity to the station):

• 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, NR=Northeast Regional, PA=Pennsylvanian, PL=Palmetto, SM=Silver Meteor, SS=Silver Star, VT=Vermonter (note that not all trains of that designation necessarily stop at all marked stations)
• LIRR: Served by MTA Long Island Rail Road Main Line and Port Washington Branch trains.
• MARC: Served by MARC Penn Line trains.
• MBTA: Served by MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line trains.
• MNR: Served by MTA Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line trains.
• NJT: Served by New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line, North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, and Raritan Valley Line trains.
• SEPTA: Served by SEPTA Regional Rail R2 Newark and R7 Trenton 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 NR LS	MBTA		MBTA Red Line, commuter rail to Plymouth, Middleborough
	227.6		Back Bay Station	AE NR 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	Westwood	Route 128	AE NR	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 NR	MBTA
		Warwick	T. F. Green Airport		MBTA		not yet open
	158.1	West Kingston	Kingston	NR
	141.3	Westerly	Westerly	NR
	141.1	state line Rhode Island/Connecticut
CT	132.3	Stonington	Mystic	NR
	122.9	New London	New London	AE NR		SLE
	105.1	Old Saybrook	Old Saybrook	NR		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		MNR	SLE
	72.3		Union Station	AE NR VT	MNR	SLE	Amtrak to Hartford and Springfield
		West Haven	West Haven		MNR		not yet open
	63.3	Milford	Milford		MNR
	59.0	Stratford	Stratford		MNR		Metro-North to Waterbury
	55.4	Bridgeport	Bridgeport	NR VT	MNR	SLE
		Fairfield	Fairfield Metro Center		MNR		not yet open
	50.6		Fairfield		MNR
	48.9		Southport		MNR
	47.2	Westport	Green's Farms		MNR
	44.2		Westport		MNR
	42.1	Norwalk	East Norwalk		MNR
	41.0		South Norwalk		MNR		Metro-North to Danbury
	39.2		Rowayton		MNR
	37.7	Darien	Darien		MNR
	36.2		Noroton Heights		MNR
	33.1	Stamford	Stamford	AE NR VT	MNR	SLE	Metro-North to New Canaan
	31.3	Greenwich	Old Greenwich		MNR
	30.3		Riverside		MNR
	29.6		Cos Cob		MNR
	28.1		Greenwich		MNR
	26.1	state line Connecticut/New York
NY	25.7	Port Chester, New York	Port Chester		MNR
	24.1	Rye, New York	Rye		MNR
	22.2	Harrison, New York	Harrison		MNR
	20.5	Mamaroneck, New York	Mamaroneck		MNR
	18.7	Larchmont, New York	Larchmont		MNR
	16.6	New Rochelle, New York	New Rochelle	NR	MNR		Metro-North to Grand Central
	0.0	New York City	Penn Station	AE CD CL CS KS, LS NR PA PL SM SS VT	LIRR	NJT	NYCT A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, Amtrak trains to Albany, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, LIRR Main Line and Port Washington Branch trains to Long Island.
	1.2	state line New York/New Jersey
NJ	5.0	Secaucus	Secaucus Junction			NJT	NJT to Hoboken and northern New Jersey
	7.0	Secaucus/Harrison	Portal Drawbridge			NJT	Active Moveable Bridge over Hackensack River.
	7.3	Harrison	Swift			NJT	Junction with NJT Moris & Essex Line to Dover, Hackettstown & Gladstone and Montclair-Boonton Line to Montclair Heights, Dover and Hackettstown.
	8.0		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.
	8.5		Hudson Yard			NJT	Amtrak/NJT Yard.
	8.8	Newark	Dock				Active Moveable Bridge over Passaic River.
	9.0		Penn Station	AE CD CL CS KS NR PA PL SM SS VT		NJT	Newark City Subway, PATH
	10.0		Cliff				Former Newark(South Street) Station; Southern throat for Newark Station.
	10.8		Hunter				Junction for NJT Raritan Valley Line to High Bridge and Raritan; Conrail Lehigh Valley Line and Reading Line to West Trenton.
	12.0		Newark Airport	KS NR		NJT	AirTrain.
	12.6		Lane				Junction for Conrail Greenville and Passaic & Harsimus Branches.
	13.4	Elizabeth	North Elizabeth			NJT
	14.5		Elizabeth (Broad Street)			NJT
	15.0		Elmora				Interlocking Plant
	15.1		South Elizabeth				Closed passenger Station.
	17.7	Linden	Linden			NJT
	19.2	Rahway	North Rahway			NJT	Closed passenger station.
	19.8		Rahway			NJT
	20.0		Union				Junction with NJT North Jersey Coast Line to Bay Head.
	21.9	Woodbridge	Colonia				Closed passenger station.
	23.0		Iselin				Closed passenger station.
	23.2		Metropark	AE KS NR VT		NJT	Park and ride
	26.2	Metuchen	Metuchen			NJT
	26.4		Lincoln				Interlocking Plant.
	29.3	Edison	Edison			NJT
	31.7	New Brunswick	New Brunswick	KS NR		NJT
	33.2		County				Junction Conrail Millstone Running Track
	33.1	North Brunswick	Jersey Avenue			NJT	Park and ride
	35.9		Adams				Closed Passenger Station
	38.9	South Brunswick	Deans				Closed Passenger Station
	41.4		Monmouth Junction				Interlocking Plant
	41.6		Midway				Junction with Conrail Jamesburg Branch.
	47.3	Princeton Junction	Nassau				Junction with NJT Princeton Branch.
	47.4		Princeton Junction	KS NR		NJT	NJT Princeton Branch to Princeton.
	54.0	Hamilton Township (Mercer County)	PRR Division Post New Jersey/Philadelphia Divisions
	54.4		Hamilton			NJT
	54.9		Millham				Interlocking Plant.
	56.8	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.
	57.1		Trenton	AE CD CL CS KS NR PA SM SS VT	SEPTA	NJT	NJT River Line to Camden
	57.7	state line New Jersey/Pennsylvania
PA	58.5	Morrisville	Morrisville				Closed passenger station
	58.6		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	Cornwells Heights	KS NR	SEPTA
	74.6	Philadelphia	Torresdale		SEPTA
	77.2		Holmesburg Junction		SEPTA
	78.2		Tacony		SEPTA
	80.1		Bridesburg		SEPTA
	85.1		North Philadelphia	KS NR	SEPTA
	88.1 0		Zoo Tower
	1.5		30th Street Station	AE CD CL CS KS NR PA PL 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
	1.8		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
			Lamokin Street Station		SEPTA		Flag stop, closed in 2003.
	15.5		Highland Avenue Station		SEPTA
	16.7	Marcus Hook	Marcus Hook		SEPTA
	18.2	state line Pennsylvania/Delaware
DE	19.6	Claymont, Delaware	Claymont		SEPTA
	26.8	Wilmington, Delaware	Wilmington	AE CD CL CS NR PL SM SS VT	SEPTA
	32.5		Churchmans Crossing		SEPTA
	38.7	Newark, Delaware	Newark	NR	SEPTA
	41.5	state line Delaware/Maryland
MD	59.5	Perryville	Perryville		MARC
	65.5	Aberdeen	Aberdeen	NR	MARC
	75.6	Edgewood	Edgewood		MARC
	84.2	Essex	Martin State Airport		MARC
	95.7	Baltimore	Penn Station	AE CD CL CS NR PL SM SS VT	MARC		Maryland Transit Administration Light Rail
	99.4		West Baltimore		MARC
	103.0	Halethorpe, Maryland	Halethorpe		MARC
	107.7	Linthicum	BWI Airport Rail Station	AE CD CL NR VT	MARC
	113.6	Odenton	Odenton		MARC
	119.4	Bowie	Bowie State		MARC
	124.7	Seabrook	Seabrook		MARC
	126.1	New Carrollton	New Carrollton	NR VT	MARC		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 NR PL SM SS VT	MARC	VRE	VRE commuter rail, Red Line, Amtrak trains to Virginia, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, MARC commuter Rail

See also

• 25Hz Power Transmission System
• High-speed rail in the United States
• ACSES Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System

Sources

• Middleton, William D. (1974) When The Steam Railroads Electrified (1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-028-0
• PRR Chronology (Christopher T. Baer)
• Amtrak Northeast Corridor mileposts
• PRR New York Division track profiles