with the privilege of an additional 500-year term. 1886 June 30: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) leases of the New York and Fort Lee Railroad. The rest later disappears in the West Shore Railroad's (NYC) Weehawken yard. July 1: NYC leases the New Jersey Junction Railroad for 100 years, with the option of another 100-year term. 1887 May: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) opens for freight. June: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) opens for passengers. October: The Lehigh Valley Railroad settles a long legal battle with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, opening the way to build a Jersey City terminal on land originally purchased in 1872 for the New Jersey West Line Railroad. 1889 The Lehigh Valley Railroad constructs its freight terminal on the south side of the Morris canal basin at South Cove, adjacent to the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal. The LVRR reaches its new terminal over CNJ tracks on a five-year lease. 1890 The Lehigh Valley Railroad constructs the Edgewater Railway, on the north side of the Morris Canal basin. 1891 The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), rebuilds the passenger ferry terminal to replace the old terminal which was partially destroyed by fire. The new terminal is raised above the old level to accommodate new elevated rails that eliminate grade crossings in the city. 1892 The Lehigh Valley Railroad opens its bridge across Newark Bay. The LVRR connects with the National Docks Railway east of the bridge in order to reach the LVRR terminal. 1894 May 15: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Edgewater Tunnel through the Palisades opened to freight traffic. The mile-long tunnel took 18 months to construct and provides the NYS&W access to its own waterside terminal in Edgewater. The NYS&W had previously used the DL&W terminal in Hoboken. 1897 The Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad opens. The National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway (LV + NYC) is completed. This line was mainly a short tunnel under the Pennsylvania Railroad to connect the New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) with the National Docks Railway (LV + NYC). For nine years the PRR fought the construction of the line both in the courts and on the ground, at one point dumping stone into the tunnel and turning fire hoses onto the construction crews. 1900 The Greenville and Hudson Railway (LVRR) completes construction of a line roughly parallel to the National Docks Railway