DL&W West End Rail Substation (abandoned) (Jersey City, New Jersey)
USA /
New Jersey /
Jersey City /
Jersey City, New Jersey
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/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Jersey City
World / United States / New Jersey
railroad, abandoned / shut down, electrical sub-station, railway traction substation
Former substation for the D&LW electrified suburban network. Generated 3000 vDC current from high voltage AC via mercury arc rectifiers. One of 4 substations constructed.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°44'29"N 74°4'2"W
- PRR Waldo Ave. Yard 2 km
- Amtrak North River Tunnels 4 km
- Old Bergen County Line 4.8 km
- Amtrak East River Tunnels 6.5 km
- DOCK Drawbridge & Interlocking Tower (Closed) 8.8 km
- CRRNJ Newark Branch (Partially Abandoned) 8.9 km
- Sunnyside Rail Yards 10 km
- CSX Little Ferry Intermodal Terminal 12 km
- Former Erie Main Line Passaic Alignment 20 km
- NYW&B Railway Mainline (Abandoned/Repurposed/Removed) 25 km
- PSEG Hudson Generating Station (decomissioned) 0.7 km
- Hudson County, New Jersey 1.1 km
- Holy Name Cemetery 1.5 km
- Lincoln Park 2.2 km
- Skyway Golf Course 2.3 km
- Harsimus 2.9 km
- CSX South Kearney Terminal 3 km
- Paulus Hook, Jersey City, New Jersey 3.8 km
- Brooklyn 15 km
- The Palisades 26 km