Editing Secaucus Junction (section)

== Station layout ==
[[File:Secaucus Junction Atrium.jpg|thumb|right|Concourse at Secaucus Junction]]
Despite its name, Secaucus Junction is not a true [[junction (rail)|junction]], in which trains can switch between lines; there is no rail connection between the upper and lower levels. The station has two platform levels connected by a third level on top.<ref name="njt layout" />  Such a loop, however, is proposed as part of the [[Gateway Project]] to improve commuter access to [[Manhattan]].

* The lower platform level lacks electrification and has four tracks and two island platforms serving the Bergen County Line, Main Line, Pascack Valley Line, Port Jervis Line, and Meadowlands Line trains, which originate and terminate at [[Hoboken Terminal]].<ref name="njt layout">{{Cite web |title=New Jersey Transit |url=http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=MeadowlandsTo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213225911/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=MeadowlandsTo |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |access-date=February 24, 2014 |website=njtransit.com}}</ref>
* The upper platform level tracks are electrified and carry trains to and from [[New York Penn Station]] (usually the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Montclair-Boonton, and Morristown Lines) with four tracks and three platforms: two side platforms serving Tracks 2 and 3 (where nonstop trains usually bypass) and one island platform between Tracks A and B.<ref name="njt layout" /> Amtrak trains pass through the upper-level tracks without stopping.
* The upper concourse level has a New Jersey Transit customer service office, a [[convenience store]] and [[food court]]. To transfer between trains on different levels, passengers climb up to the upper concourse, pass through faregates, and descend to their destination platforms. At the center of this level is a {{Convert|30|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} [[steel]], [[glass]], and [[titanium]] sculpture of a [[cattail]] (abundant in the surrounding [[New Jersey Meadowlands]]) by [[San Francisco]] artist [[Cork Marcheschi]]. The tops of the cattails are lit from within in the purple, blue, and orange colors of NJ Transit.<ref name="njt layout" />

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