Pavonia Terminal

Jersey City
General information
Location	Harsimus Cove, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Owned by	Erie Railroad
Line(s)	Erie Railroad Main Line New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Bergen County Railroad New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad New Jersey and New York Railroad Weehawken Branch Newark Branch Northern Branch
Connections	Erie station (Hudson Tubes)
Other information
Station code	4971[1]
History
Opened	May 1, 1861[2]
Closed	December 12, 1958[2]
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Terminus Pavonia Ferry Chambers Street Terminus 23rd Street Terminus Rutherford toward Chicago Main Line Terminus Rutherford toward Ridgewood Bergen County Railroad Arlington toward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Carlstadt toward Haverstraw New Jersey and New York Railroad Susquehanna Transfer toward Nyack Northern Branch Weehawken Terminus Weehawken Branch Harrison toward Paterson Newark Branch Preceding station New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Following station Susquehanna Transfer toward Stroudsburg Main Line Terminus

Hoboken (DL&W)

Exchange Place (PRR)

Weehawken (NYC)

Pavonia (Erie)

Communipaw (CNJ)

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Map of the five train-to-ferry transfer points along the west shore of the Hudson River circa 1900

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Pavonia Terminal was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River located in the Harsimus section of Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened in 1861 and closed in 1958 when the Erie Railroad moved its passenger services to nearby Hoboken Terminal. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway also ran commuter trains from the terminal and various street cars, ferries and the underground Hudson and Manhattan Railroad serviced the station. The station was abandoned in 1958 and demolished in 1961. The site was eventually redeveloped into the Newport district in the late 20th century.

Pavonia was one of five passenger railroad terminals that lined the western shore of the Hudson Waterfront from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, along with those at Weehawken, Hoboken, Exchange Place, and Communipaw, with Hoboken being the only one still in service.