For the purposes of this article, the Jersey City area extends North to Edgewater (the Northern end of the line along the Hudson River), South to Bayonne and includes Kearny Junction and Harrison but not Newark. Many routes east of Newark are listed here. Railroad Name Abbreviations B&O: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CNJ: Central Railroad of New Jersey CRCX: Conrail Shared Assets Operations DL&W: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Erie: Erie Railroad LV: Lehigh Valley Railroad NYC: New York Central Railroad NYO&W: New York, Ontario and Western Railway NYS&W: New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway PATH: Port Authority Trans-Hudson PRR: Pennsylvania Railroad RDG: Reading Railroad 1833 November 28: The Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie) opens at Marion Junction, ending at the New Jersey Railroad (PRR). 1834 September 15: The New Jersey Railroad, which 38 years later would become the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), begins regular trips from Newark to Jersey City's first terminal. The route crosses the Passaic River on the Newark, over Centre Street Bridge to the Hackensack River and onto Jersey City, on the West side of the Palisades. It uses temporary tracks and horse-drawn trains around and over the Bergen Hill, to the Terminal on the Hudson at Paulus Hook for transfer to ferries bound for New York City. 1836 The Morris Canal is extended from Newark through Jersey City. 1837 The New Jersey Railroad (PRR) cut through the Palisades opens; the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie) also uses it. 1838 December 2: The New Jersey Railroad (PRR) switches from horse to steam power. 1858 The Pennsylvania Railroad builds a five-track passenger station and ferry at Hudson Street. 1861 January 28: The Long Dock Company (Erie) finishes its tunnel through the Palisades, bypassing the PRR cut. March 14: The New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad (NYC) is chartered and buys the Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike. 1862 March 8: The New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad (NYC) changes its name to the New York and Fort Lee Railroad. May: The Pavonia Ferry (Erie) opens. 1864 July 29: The CNJ's Jersey City extension opens, from about Spring Street in Elizabeth to the Jersey City terminal, including a long bridge across Newark Bay. 1868 The Passaic and Harsimus Line (PRR), opens for a new freight terminal at Harsimus Cove. 1869 July 23: The full length of the Newark and New York Railroad (CNJ) opens, from Broad St terminal