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State Opens $600M Rail Station

SECAUCUS, NJ-Many years in the works, the 312,000-sf complex will link most of New Jersey's commuter and interstate rail lines, and may spark a new round of development.

By Eric Peterson | Updated on September 08, 2003

SECAUCUS, NJ-People started talking about it 40 years ago, and engineering work began in 1989. Actual construction started eight years ago, and after a two-year delay relating to the destruction of the World Trade Center PATH light rail station on 9/11, the Secaucus Transfer Station linking 10 of the Garden State’s 11 rail lines is officially open.

Only it’s not known by that name anymore. When Gov. James McGreevey and other dignitaries cut the ribbon at the end of last week, it was announced that the 312,000-sf complex would be known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction. The honoree is New Jersey’s once and US senator, who was instrumental in gaining $450 million in federal funding for the project.

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