CNJ's Newark bay draw

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Here is the new west 8th street station under construction. It's much larger than the original station, and sits on the same plot of land. The raised platform behind it is the NJ transit light rails turn around leg. This being the southern most stop on the system the track extends west past the station and dead ends, giving the trolley a place to reverse direction for the return trip to jersey city. Conrail's (ex CNJ) yard starts 1/4 mile east of this location. Although service has been suspended west of the yard they still use this portion of there track (located next to the light rail line) to move cars around in there yard. the elevated platform may come in handy as a train watching spot when the yard is active.