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Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Central strongly objected to the condemnation of its land for the benefit of its competitor. After an extended legal battle, the National Docks won a surprise concession in 1882 from the Jersey City aldermen to build an elevated track between the junction with the PRR and the oil docks, and the line was quickly constructed and opened in 1883, operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The line was subsequently extended as the
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Central Railroad's line and later obtained trackage rights on the National Docks Railway. To protect access to its terminal, the LVRR acquired a half-interest in the National Docks in 1890. In 1891, the LVRR consolidated its other holdings in
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National Docks Railway remained an important connecting line along the
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National Docks, the last of the routes still using overhead viaduct through the heart of the city, traveling from Communipaw to the Waldo Tunnel (upper center)
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646:"24 million in railway improvement celebrated north Hudson driver see more 'efficient' trains, fewer train crossing delays"
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1141:"The Short Line of the New Jersey Junction Company Practically Completed A Bitter Struggle Ended"
933:"WEEHAWKEN IMPROVEMENTS; Filling up of the Cove--New Railroads--A City of Termini over the River"
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Joint Report with Comprehensive Plan and Recommendations
829:"The Point Of Rocks Line More about the Little Railroad"
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1425:YouTube:Cabride on National Docks Secondary
218:double stacking of the high-cube containers
113:The line is used to access the port at the
50:Tunnel rebuilt to handle higher clearances
346:National Docks Secondary connects to the
525:List of Hudson County railroad terminals
123:New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension
117:, which lies east of those crossing the
1227:Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (1885).
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616:"Liberty Corridor National Docks Rail"
520:Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
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767:Strunsky, Steve (October 21, 2010).
423:, and it began running a route on a
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208:operations on the west side of the
83:Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne
42:Viaduct crossing Lower Jersey City
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644:Tirella, Tricia (Oct 17, 2010).
560:Heiss, Ralph (August 24, 2009).
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189:for trains passing through the
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67:North Jersey Shared Assets Area
735:Richard Grubb and Associates.
421:Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
337:Central Railroad of New Jersey
293:intermodal passenger transport
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714:Consolidated Rail Corporation
472:Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
406:(LVRR) initially reached its
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197:Renewal and expansion of port
147:Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge
1500:Lehigh Valley Railroad lines
798:Sullivan, Al (Aug 4, 2010).
384:New Jersey Junction Railroad
863:Carmela Karnoutsos (2009).
476:Port Authority Trans Hudson
455:, handling traffic for the
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590:. Crossharborfreight.net.
281:North River (Hudson River)
121:. It runs parallel to the
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1193:"Lehigh Valley in Jersey"
376:New York Central Railroad
183:Passaic and Harsimus Line
71:Hudson County, New Jersey
1490:CSX Transportation lines
1431:Blue Comet website photo
508:Hudson Bergen Light Rail
474:, the forerunner of the
165:and after passing under
55:National Docks Secondary
1433:: Conrail seen passing
1409:40.699052°N 74.119574°W
1346:Long Dock Tunnel center
1106:"A Small Costly Tunnel"
484:Exchange Place terminal
417:northeastern New Jersey
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907:. December 15, 1889.
865:"Black Tom Explosion"
838:. September 8, 1879.
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1202:. January 15, 1891.
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1080:. August 27, 1891.
1007:. August 13, 1879.
875:on December 5, 2010
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101:. The single track
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940:The New York Times
682:How Tomorrow Moves
620:New Jersey Transit
535:Bergen Subdivision
412:Morris Canal Basin
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210:Upper New York Bay
119:Northeast Corridor
115:Upper New York Bay
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1376:40.697°N 74.072°W
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1254:. July 30, 1900.
1042:. April 4, 1889.
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718:"Freight Service"
618:(Press release).
573:978-0-7385-6576-7
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440:Bay Creek Railway
398:Lehigh Valley era
179:River Subdivision
175:North Bergen Yard
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