Newark Penn Station, and use a small yard in Harrison. It was not until the late 1990s, when the midtown direct service was instituted, that NJ TRANSIT ran a service of some Raritan Valley trains to Hoboken (Penn Sta. New York). 1983 NY Waterway re-institutes ferry service across the Hudson. 1994 A short partially elevated track, known as the Marion Running Track, is built to connect the Passaic and Harsimus Line towards Kearny with the Northern Branch. This provided the Northern Branch with a direct connection to other lines heading west and south at Marion Junction. 1999/2000 Conrail Shared Assets Operations created. CSX River line is shifted to the re-newed Northern Running track to North Bergen Yard. 2000 The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail opened to the public on April 15, 2000 with an initial operating (MOS) The extension to southern terminal at 8th Street opened January 31, 2011. 2001 NJ Transit renovates Bergen Tunnels. 2003 Secaucus Junction opened on December 15, 2003. 2009 On July 26, 2009, NJ Transit began shuttle service to the Meadowlands station at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. 2010 On October 7, 2010, New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced that the Access to the Region's Core, which included a new right-of way from Secaucus Junction under the Hudson Palisades and Hudson River to Midtown Manhattan was officially cancelled. 2019 ExpressRail at Port Jersey opened on June 17, 2019. See also List of Hudson County railroad terminals North River (Hudson River) Communipaw Terminal Weehawken Terminal Pavonia Terminal Exchange Place (Jersey City) Hoboken Terminal Bergen Hill List of crossings of the Hackensack River List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey history Sources Poor's and Moody's railroad manuals New-Jersey Railroad Improvements, New York Times February 23, 1870, page 5 Local News in Brief, New York Times November 28, 1870, page 8 Almost a Riot, New York Times December 3, 1870, page 1 Local News in Brief, New York Times December 15, 1870, page 8 Local News in Brief, New York Times January 10, 1871, page 8 New-Jersey, New York Times August 24, 1872, page 8 The New Bergen Tunnel, New York Times May 12, 1877, page 10 Notes External links This article, by Dick Greene, was first published in “The Old Station Timetable”