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| stock = [[EMD F40PH|F40PH-3C]]/[[GP40PH-2]]/[[ALP-45DP]]/[[PL42AC|PL42AC locomotives]]<br />[[Comet (railcar)|Comet V]]/[[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|Multilevel coaches]]
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In 1963, the Erie Main Line south of [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] to its connection with the Bergen County Line at [[Carlton Hill (Erie Railroad station)|Carlton Hill]] in [[Rutherford, New Jersey|Rutherford]] was abandoned and service began using the former [[Lackawanna Railroad|Lackawanna]] [[Boonton Branch]] south of Paterson via the [[Lyndhurst Draw]] and [[Upper Hack Lift]] bridges as the route through downtown [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] was abandoned. Boonton Line service began using the Erie's Greenwood Lake division up to its junction the Lackawanna Boonton Branch at Mountain View in Wayne as the Lackawanna right-of-way in Paterson was used for the construction of [[Interstate 80]]. The Erie Jersey City terminal was abandoned circa 1959 after all Erie service had moved to the Lackawanna Hoboken Terminal.
Service under Erie Lackawanna introduced new [[GE U34CH]] diesels and Comet I cars in 1970 which lasted under NJ DOT and Conrail into the NJ Transit era. Metro-North took over service north of Suffern in 1983. Effective April 18, 1983, [[Metro-North Railroad]] shifted its [[Port Jervis Line]] service to run on the [[Graham Line]], thus ending the direct passenger route from Harriman through Monroe and Goshen to Middletown. Service was increased along with the opening of the [[Secaucus
=== 1996 Secaucus collision ===
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[[Allendale, New Jersey|Allendale]] and [[Ramsey, New Jersey|Ramsey]] follow, both as grade-level stations. Ramsey-Route 17 station (opened August 22, 2004) is next. It is a park-and-ride facility located off of [[Route 17 (New Jersey)|Route 17]] south in Ramsey.
[[Mahwah, New Jersey|Mahwah]] follows and is the last station in New Jersey. Crossing over the [[New York (state)|New York]] state line the train arrives at [[Suffern, New York|Suffern]], the last stop for
==Rolling stock==
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!rowspan=2|Zone<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0020.pdf|title=Main / Bergen County Lines Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition|year=2010|publisher=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations|access-date=November 26, 2014|location=New York, New York|archive-date=January 24, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020124084043/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0020.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{cite book |last1=Mott |first1=Edward Harold |title=Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie |date=1899 |publisher=John S. Collins |location=New York, New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exElAAAAMAAJ |access-date=July 29, 2020}}
*{{cite book|title=Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, Past and Present|date=December 1916|publisher=Citizens Semi-Centennial Association|location=[[Ridgewood, New Jersey]]|url=https://archive.org/details/ridgewoodbergen00ridgoog|access-date=August 20, 2017|ref={{harvid|Citizens Semi-Centennial Association|1916}} }}
*{{cite book|last1=Wardell|first1=Patricia Webb|title=Allendale: Background of a Borough|date=1994|publisher=Allendale Historical Society|location=[[Allendale, New Jersey]]|url=http://www.johnfellhouse.org/allendale/|access-date=August 18, 2017|archive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816233234/http://www.johnfellhouse.org/allendale/|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite book|last1=Van Valen|first1=James M.|title=History of Bergen County, New Jersey|date=1900|publisher=New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company|location=[[New York, New York]]|url=https://archive.org/details/historybergenco00valegoog|access-date=August 18, 2017}}
*{{cite book|last=Yanosey|first=Robert J.|title=Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color)|publisher=Morning Sun Books Inc.|location=[[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]]|year=2007|volume=1: Hoboken to Dover|isbn=978-1-58248-214-9}}
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