ExpressRail

ExpressRail is a network of on- or near-dock rail yards supporting intermodal freight transport at the major container terminals of the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The development of dockside trackage and rail yards for transloading has been overseen by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which works in partnership with other public and private stakeholders.

[4] In the year period ending October 2014 the total amount of TEUS of Intermodal containers handled at the port included 391,596 rail lifts.

[12] In conjunction with installation of three new rail-specified, rubber-tired gantry cranes ExpressRail Newark is being expanded from two to four, doubling the rail track to 10,000 feet, and adding a new fly-over bridge.

[14] The adjacent Doremus Avenue Auto Terminal I & II is owned by Conrail and serves CSX and NS trains.

The North Shore branch of the Staten Island Railway was originally opened in 1860 and was operated by the Baltimore and Ohio between Cranford, New Jersey and the Saint George Terminal.

[20] Freight service on the western North Shore Railroad right-of-way (ROW) at Howland Hook was revived in 2005.

Since the 2010 takeover by the PANYNJ extensive work to improve the cross-harbor system has been undertaken, though it was set back due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

[27] The New Jersey Department of Transportation allocated more than $87 million for 2014-2017 fiscal budget for the project and other related work, including land acquisition.

Port Newark on Newark Bay in foreground and Port Jersey on Upper New York Bay in the distance
Elizabeth Marine Terminal, Chemical Coast (now known as the Garden State Secondary), and the New Jersey Turnpike
The Port Newark Corbin Street Yard lies on the Chemical Coast line, between the docks and the New Jersey Turnpike
Staten Island Railroad (foreground) to Howland Hook travels the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge over the Arthur Kill and connects the Chemical Coast .