Susquehanna Transfer (NYS&W station)

Susquehanna Transfer was a passenger station on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, located in North Bergen, New Jersey at the Route 495 overpass. It was a transfer point from the railroad to a bus through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

The station opened on August 1, 1939, 1100 feet (335 meters) south of the old North Bergen Station. At the time, the company was in bankruptcy proceedings, as part of the bankrupt Erie Railroad. The buses were leased from the Public Service Bus Company and were open only to NYS&W passengers transferring to them. The bus fare cost 15 cents. The busses allowed commuters to go directly to the Times Square area, rather than taking the train all the way to the Erie's Jersey City Terminal over the Erie Railroad's tracks, and then taking an Erie RR ferry across to Manhattan.

On July 1, 1940, bus fare was reduced to 10 cents, made possible by increased usage.

The Erie Railroad also used the transfer station for trains on its Northern Railroad of New Jersey, at least through 1957 [http://raildata.railfan.net/erie/nrrptt_57.html] , with an agreement with the NYS&W to use their buses.

ee also

*Manhattan Transfer (PRR station)
*Newark Transfer (CNJ station)
*Waverly Transfer (PRR station)

ources

*Railroad Will Run Buses to Times Sq., New York Times July 20, 1939 page 17
*Road Will Cut Bus Fare, New York Times June 27, 1940 page 41
*Erie Bus Service Extended, New York Times November 28, 1944 page 26