Harrison (PATH station)

Harrison is a station on the PATH system. Located on Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard (County Road 697) between Interstate 280 and the Passaic River in Harrison, New Jersey, it is served by the Newark–World Trade Center line at all times.Station layoutThis station is technically located on the Northeast Corridor. It has two side platforms and five tracks. Only the side tracks serving the PATH platforms have third rail power; the three center tracks, with overhead catenary wires, are used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line, which do not stop at Harrison.The platforms have low tubular fencing along their extreme ends and a wooden canopy held up by metal posts toward their midsection. Each platform has its own entrance/exit to the west side of Frank E. Rogers Boulevard and there are no crossovers or crossunders.On the Newark-bound platform, an opening leads to a roll-up store-style door to a small, modern fare control area with smart card turnstiles, installed here and at all other PATH stations in January 2005. Before then, passengers could take the short ride to Newark for free (trains discharge and pick up passengers at different levels of that station, so fare beating to New York was not possible). These six turnstiles lead past a Ticket Vending Machine and another machine for two trip PATH MetroCards to a covered staircase. This staircase goes down to an intermediate landing where another staircase turns right and goes down to the street. A new staircase facing the opposite direction from the original goes down to a small plaza with bike racks outside the parking garage.