Railroad terminals serving New York City information
New York City Railroads ca. 1900
The table below shows all railroad lines that have served New York City and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal.
Railroad
Penn Station (1910–present)
Grand Central (1871–present)
Hoboken (1863–present)
Exchange Place (1834–1961)
Communipaw (1864–1967)
Pavonia (1861–1958)
Weehawken (1884–1959)
Other terminals
New Jersey Rail Road (and successor Pennsylvania Railroad, PRR)
1910–present (under Amtrak and NJ Transit)
1991–present (under NJ Transit)
1834–1961
Long Island Rail Road (PRR)
1910–present
Greenville Yards 19??–1968 (Yards continued to operate under Penn Central/Conrail/New York Cross Harbor/NYNJ Rail.)
South Ferry 1836–1877 Long Island City 1861–present Atlantic Terminal 1877–present Grand Central Madison 2023–present
New York and Harlem Railroad (NYC)
1871–present (under Metro-North)
Various downtown Manhattan stations 1832–1871
Hudson River Railroad (NYC)
1991–present (under Amtrak)
1871–present (under Metro-North)
Chambers Street 1851–1868 West Side ?–1871 St. John's Park Depot 1868–1935 Spring Street Depot, 1934-?, as new High Line terminus
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad (NH)
Harlem River Terminal 1866–1931
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
1917–present (under Amtrak)
1871–present (under Metro-North)
Somewhere in downtown Manhattan 1849–1871
Morris and Essex Railroad (DL&W)
1996–present (under NJ Transit)
1863–present (under NJ Transit)
1836–1863
Central Railroad of New Jersey
1859–1864
1864–1976 (Passenger service ended 1967)
Newark Penn Station 1967–present (under NJ Transit) Elizabethport 1839?–1859
Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad (RDG)
1876-?
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1918–1926?
1926?–1958
Lehigh Valley Railroad
1918–1976 (Passenger service ended in 1961)
1875–1887 1893–1913 1918–1938
1887–1893 1913–1918
Johnston Avenue Yard (CNJ ferry) 1938-?
Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie)
1956?–present (under NJ Transit)
?–1861
1861–1956?
Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie)
1859-?
?-?
New Jersey and New York Railroad (Erie)
1956?–present (under NJ Transit)
?–1956?
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie)
2003–present (under NJ Transit)
1872?-?
?-?
Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad (Erie)
?-?
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
1872–1911
1911-1958
West Shore Railroad (NYC)
1873?–1884?
1884–1976
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
1873
1884–1956?
New York and Long Branch Railroad (CNJ/PRR)
1910–present (under NJ Transit)
1991–present (under NJ Transit)
1882–1961?
1875–1967
New York and Putnam Railroad (NYC)
155th Street 1880–1918 Sedgwick Avenue 1918–1958
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