Gladstone Branch

Infobox rail line
name = rail color box|system=NJT|line=Gladstone

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image_width = 250px
caption = Train #730 at njt-sta|Far Hills en route to Hoboken.
system = New Jersey Transit
type = Commuter rail line
locale = North Jersey
start = njt-sta|Hoboken or New York Penn Station
end = njt-sta|Gladstone
stations = 24 (Hoboken)
25 (NYC)
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owner = New Jersey Transit
(except from Kearny Connection to New York Penn)
Amtrak
(Kearny to Penn)
operator = New Jersey Transit
character =
stock = All except Midtown Direct: Arrow III
Midtown Direct: ALP-44/ALP-46 locomotives, Comet Coaches
linelength = 42.3 mi (68.1 km)
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infobox rdt|NJTransit-Gladstone-infobox|

The Gladstone Branch is a branch of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines. The Gladstone Branch primarily serves commuter trains; freight service is very limited. Out of 23 inbound and 26 outbound daily weekday trains, 2 inbound and 2 outbound trains (about 8%) use the Kearny Connection (opened June 10, 1996) to Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station; the rest go to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination if necessary. The part of the line west of Summit is single-tracked with passing sidings at njt-sta|Murray Hill, njt-sta|Stirling, and west of njt-sta|Far Hills and operates in peak-direction only on weekday peak hours, except for some service operating reverse-peak from Murray Hill in the PM peak. On weekends, the line operates Gladstone-Hoboken service every other hour, with Gladstone-Summit service operating during alternating hours to provide hourly service along the branch.

Peak trains arrive at Hoboken on weekdays between 7:00 am and 9:18 am; the two trains to New York arrive on weekdays in Penn Station at 7:26 am and 7:49 am. Peak trains leave Hoboken between 4:32 pm and 7:00 pm; the trains leaving New York do so on weekdays at 5:18 pm and 5:50 pm. [http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0040.pdf]

History

The only part of the New Jersey West Line Railroad that was completed was from Summit west to Bernardsville. The New Jersey West Line Railroad was dissolved in 1878 and the assets were sold off. The Summit to Bernardsville line was then purchased by the Passaic and Delaware Railroad. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) leased the line on November 1, 1882 as a branch of the Morris and Essex. The Passaic and Delaware Extension Railroad was chartered in 1890 and opened later that year, extending the line to its current terminus in Gladstone, New Jersey.

Rolling stock

Most service is provided by Budd Arrow III electric cars built in 1978. The two weekday round trips to New York use Comet trains powered by ALP-44 or ALP-46 locomotives.

tation listing

External links

* [http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0040.pdf Morris & Essex Line timetables]