Kearny Connection
The
Kearny Connection in
Kearny,
New Jersey, allows trains from
New Jersey Transit's
Morris and Essex Lines (part of the Hoboken Division) to go to
New York Penn Station, known as
MidTOWN DIRECT service. The connection opened on
June 10,
1996. Two tracks, one on each side of the line to Penn Station, carry trains from the line to
Hoboken Terminal, which passes under the Penn Station line, northeast onto the Penn Station line.
Out of 116 inbound and 121 outbound daily weekday trains on the three Morris and Essex Lines, 49 inbound and 48 outbound trains (about 40%) use the Kearny Connection.
The Kearny Connection is part of the bigger
Kearny Junction.
