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The '''Main Line''' (or '''Erie Main Line''') is a [[commuter rail]] line owned and operated by [[New Jersey Transit]] running from [[Suffern, New York|Suffern]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]], in the United States. It runs daily commuter service and was once the north-southnorth–south main line of the [[Erie Railroad]]. It is colored yellow on NJ Transit system maps, and its symbol is a [[water wheel]].<ref>[http{{cite web |title=NJT System Map |url=https://wwwcontent.njtransit.com/pdfsites/raildefault/files/pdfs/maps/Rail_System_Map.pdfMapNJT%20System%20Map%20April%202023.pdf] {{dead|publisher=NJT link|access-date=December29 May 20182023}}</ref>

The [[Erie Railroad]]'s main line ran from [[Jersey City]] to [[Chicago]] via [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], and [[BuffaloJamestown, New York|Buffalo]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Marion, Ohio]], and [[Huntington, Indiana]], with a spurbranches to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], and [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]. The section in New Jersey and lower New York State saw frequent commuter service to the waterfront [[Pavonia Terminal]], Jersey City, with connections to the [[Pavonia Ferry]] to [[Lower Manhattan]].

The Erie Railroad's major long-distance passenger trains to [[Chicago]], the ''[[Atlantic Express and Pacific Express]],'' the ''[[Erie Limited]]'', and the ''[[Lake Cities (train)|Lake Cities]],'' ran along this section, through Passaic, [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], Ridgewood, on to [[Port Jervis]], northwest to [[Binghamton]], New York State's [[Southern Tier]], [[Jamestown, New York|Jamestown]], and west to Chicago. The longfinal long-distance train along this route was the ''Atlantic Express and Pacific Express'' in 1965.<ref>'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Table 3</ref>

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 TransferJunction]] Stationstation in late 2003.

Departing the historic 1907-built [[Hoboken Terminal]], the yards for the coaches to the left, trains pass over two city streets and the [[Hudson Bergen Light Rail]] before entering the [[Bergen Tunnels]] under the [[Bergen Hill]] section of [[Hudson Palisades]]. Midway through the tunnel there are air shafts allowing light through and venting out the diesel fumes. Exiting the tunnel, the train curves right onto the Main Line at West End interlocking in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]. Until 1963 this was the DL&W Boonton Branch; about a mile ahead was the connection built circa 1956 with the Erie main line (that after 1963 became the Bergen County Line). Two trains collided head-on here in 1996, killing two engineers and a passenger. The ramps for [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Interchange 15X is now onoccupy the Erie alignment,-- since in 2003 the Bergen County line was rerouted paralleladjacent to the Main Line to pass through [[Secaucus Junction]].

After Lyndhurst the train crosses the [[Passaic River]] on a [[swing bridge]] that has been bolted shut (although it is technically required by Federal regulation to be opened on 24 hours notice).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title33-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title33-vol1-sec117-739.pdf|format=PDF|title=Coast Guard, DHS |website=Gpo.gov|accessdateaccess-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> The train passes under [[Route 3 (New Jersey)|Route 3]] and approaches Delawanna station.

[[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 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 mostNJT trains.Main SomeLine trains continue via [[Metro-North]]'s [[Port Jervis Line]] to the north end of passenger operations at [[Port Jervis (Metro-North station)|Port Jervis]]. The yards are just to the north of the Suffern station, under the [[New York State Thruway]] overpass.

!rowspan=2|Zone<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0020.pdf|title=Main&nbsp;/ Bergen County Lines Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition|year=2010|publisher=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations|accessdateaccess-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>

| rowspan="1920" |[[New Jersey|NJ]]

|[[NJ Transit Rail]]: [[Bergen County Line|Bergen County]], [[Gladstone Branch|Gladstone]], [[Meadowlands Rail Line| Meadowlands]], [[Montclair-Boonton Line|Montclair-Boonton]], [[Morristown Line|Morristown]], [[North Jersey Coast Line|North Jersey Coast]], [[Pascack Valley Line|Pascack Valley]], and [[Raritan Valley Line|Raritan Valley]] Lines<br />[[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]]: 8th Street-Hoboken, Hoboken-Tonnelle lines<br />[[PATH (rail system)|PATH]]: [[HOB-WTC]], [[HOB-33]], [[JSQ-33 (via HOB)]]<br />[[NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|22|23|63|64|68|85|87|89|126}}<br />[[New York Waterway]] to [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal|Battery Park City]]

|December 15, 2003<ref name=secaucus-open>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/us_sen_frank_lautenberg_gets_on_last_ride_in_the_secaucus_station.html|title=U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg gets one last ride at the Secaucus station that bears his name|publisher=The Star-Ledger |date=June 5, 2013|accessdateaccess-date=June 5, 2013|author=Frassinelli, Mike}}</ref>

|NJ Transit Rail (upper level): Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, [[Northeast Corridor Line|Northeast Corridor]], North Jersey Coast, and Raritan Valley lines<br />NJ Transit Rail (lower level): Bergen County, Meadowlands, and Pascack Valley lines<br />NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|2|78|129|329|353}}

|bgcolor=dfdfdf|1986<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sommers |first1=Adam |title=Paterson Train Stop Will Close |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29555561/ |accessdateaccess-date=April 23, 2019 |work=The News |date=October 22, 1986 |location=[[Paterson, New Jersey]] |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29555545/south_paterson_october_22_1986_part_2/ 18]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

|May 28, 1832<ref name="1950article">{{cite news |title=Transportation, Once Slow and Painful, Has Changed With Country's Growth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30440620/erie_paterson_july_15_1950/ |accessdateaccess-date=April 9, 2019 |work=The Paterson Evening News |date=July 15, 1950 |pages=7-16, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30440694/erie_paterson_part_2_july_15_1950/ 7-18]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

|rowspan=2|[[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]]

|1886<ref name=waldwick-open>{{cite news|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form -- Waldwick Railroad Station|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/feec94a4-d228-4e7e-be2f-9ab825b44d44|accessdateaccess-date=April 12, 2018|work=[[National Park Service]]|date=September 21, 1977|page=8}}</ref>

|October 19, 1848<ref name="history">{{cite news |title=Synopsis of Erie History |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28983930/erie_passaic_april_2_1963/ |accessdateaccess-date=March 2, 2019 |work=The Herald-News |date=April 2, 1963 |location=[[Passaic, New Jersey]] |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28983913/passaic_history_april_2_1963_part_2/ 6]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

|[[Transport of Rockland]]: 59, 93, Monsey Loop 3, [[Tappan ZEExpress]]<br />Short Line Bus: 17M/MD/SF

*{{cite book|last=Green|first=Frank Bertangue||title=The History of Rockland County|url=https://archive.org/details/historyrockland00greegoog|year=1886|publisher=A.S. Barnes|location=New York, New York|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book |last1=Lyon |first1=Isaac S. |title=Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867 |date=1873 |publisher=The Daily Journal Office |location=Newark, New Jersey |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldiscou00lyon |accessdateaccess-date=April 18, 2020|ref=harv}}

*{{cite book |titlelast1=Ridgewood,Mott Bergen|first1=Edward County,Harold New|title=Between Jersey,the PastOcean and Presentthe Lakes: The Story of Erie |date=December1899 1916|publisher=CitizensJohn Semi-CentennialS. Collins Association|location=[[RidgewoodNew York, New Jersey]]York |url=https://archivebooks.orggoogle.com/details/ridgewoodbergen00ridgoog|accessdatebooks?id=August 20,exElAAAAMAAJ 2017|refaccess-date={{harvid|CitizensJuly Semi-Centennial Association|1916}}29, 2020}}

*{{cite book|last1=Wardell|first1=Patricia Webb|title=Allendale:Ridgewood, BackgroundBergen County, New Jersey, ofPast aand BoroughPresent|date=1994December 1916|publisher=AllendaleCitizens HistoricalSemi-Centennial SocietyAssociation|location=[[AllendaleRidgewood, New Jersey]]|url=httphttps://www.johnfellhousearchive.org/allendaledetails/ridgewoodbergen00ridgoog|accessdateaccess-date=August 1820, 2017|ref=harv{{harvid|Citizens Semi-Centennial Association|1916}} }}

*{{cite book|last1=Van ValenWardell|first1=JamesPatricia M.Webb|title=HistoryAllendale: Background of Bergen County, Newa JerseyBorough|date=19001994|publisher=NewAllendale Jersey Publishing and EngravingHistorical CompanySociety|location=[[New YorkAllendale, New YorkJersey]]|url=httpshttp://archivewww.johnfellhouse.org/detailsallendale/historybergenco00valegoog|accessdateaccess-date=August 18, 2017|refarchive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816233234/http://www.johnfellhouse.org/allendale/|url-status=harvdead}}

*{{cite book|lastlast1=YanoseyVan Valen|firstfirst1=RobertJames JM.|title=LackawannaHistory Railroadof FacilitiesBergen (InCounty, Color)New Jersey|date=1900|publisher=MorningNew SunJersey BooksPublishing Inc.and Engraving Company|location=[[ScotchNew PlainsYork, New JerseyYork]]|yearurl=2007|volume=Volume 1https: Hoboken to Dover//archive.org/details/historybergenco00valegoog|isbn=1access-58248-214-4|refdate=harvAugust 18, 2017}}