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{{short description|Commuter rail line in New Jersey}} |
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[[Image:MainBergenCoLineNJTMap.png|thumb|right|350px|The Main and Bergen County Lines]] |
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{{More citations needed|date=December 2018}} |
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{{Infobox rail line |
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| name = Main Line |
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| color = {{rcr|NJ Transit|Main}} |
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| logo = MainLine.svg |
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| logo_width = 50px |
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| image = Ramsey, NJ, train station.jpg |
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| caption = A Main Line train led by a [[GP40PH-2|GP40PH-2B]] at [[Ramsey station (NJT)|Ramsey]]. |
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| type = [[Commuter rail]] |
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| system = [[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations]]<br />[[Metro-North Railroad]] |
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| status = |
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| locale = [[North Jersey|Northern New Jersey]] and [[Hudson Valley]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States |
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| start = [[Hoboken Terminal]] |
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| end = [[Suffern (NJT station)|Suffern]] |
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| stations = 18 |
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| daily_ridership = 9,160<ref name="boardings">[https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~lensovet/njtboardingdata.htm ]{{dead link|date=January 2018}}</ref> |
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| open = |
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| owner = [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]] |
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| operator = NJ Transit Rail Operations |
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| character = |
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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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| linelength_mi = 95 |
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| gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}} |
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| electrification = |
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| speed = |
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| map = {{NJTransit-Main-infobox}} |
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}} |
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The '''Main Line''' (or '''Erie Main Line''') is a [[ |
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–south main line of the [[Erie Railroad]]. It is colored yellow on NJ Transit system maps, and its symbol is a [[water wheel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NJT System Map |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/NJT%20System%20Map%20April%202023.pdf |publisher=NJT |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> |
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The [[Bergen County Line]] splits off the Main Line just west of the [[Secaucus Junction]] transfer station and rejoins it at [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]]. Trains on both lines are [[push-pull train|push-pull]], powered by diesel locomotives (ordinarily on the west end of the train). |
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==Route guide== |
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{{NJTransit-Main}} |
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[[Image:Glen Rock Main Line Station.jpg|thumb|Main Line railroad station in downtown [[Glen Rock]]]] |
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[[Image:NJTransit_Main_Line_Interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Main Line train with the conductor showing in the background.]] |
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Departing the historic (1907) [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] terminal, the yards for the coaches are to your left. Trains pass over several city avenues before entering the Bergen Tunnels under the [[New Jersey 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]]. About a mile ahead is the former connection with the Bergen line (removed in 2003 during the [[Secaucus Junction]] transfer station construction). This is where two trains collided head-on in 1996, killing two engineers and a passenger. [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Interchange 15X now is located on this site. |
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==History== |
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Shortly thereafter is the [[Secaucus Transfer Station]], with trains stopping for passengers to change to and from [[Northeast Corridor Line]] trains on the upper level. |
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The [[Erie Railroad]]'s main line ran from [[Jersey City]] to [[Chicago]] via [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]] and [[Jamestown, New York]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] and [[Marion, Ohio]], and [[Huntington, Indiana]], with branches 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]]. |
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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 final 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> |
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After the transfer station, the Main Line runs through an industrial section of [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]. Shortly afterwards the Bergen Line separates off on the new routing. The Main Line then crosses over the [[Hackensack River]] on the single-track [[Upper Hack Lift]] bridge, built in 1958. |
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[[File:Roger Puta took these 5 during a cab ride on from EL freight NY-97 on April 25, 1970 (23777886193).jpg|thumb|left|Trains at the Erie Lackawanna rail yard in Waldwick on April 25, 1970]] |
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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. |
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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 Junction]] station in late 2003. |
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The one track continues for a brief distance until it once again becomes two, under the [[New Jersey Turnpike]]'s western spur. The train continues through the Meadowlands and passes the first grade crossing at Valley Brook Avenue in [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]]. The line curves slightly and passes under the 1903 Kingsland tunnel. Kingsland station is shortly after the tunnel and is in an open cut. Just beyond Kingsland station is Lyndhurst station, located on an embankment. |
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=== 1996 Secaucus collision === |
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After leaving Lyndhurst, the train crosses over the [[Passaic River]] on a swing bridge. The train passes under [[Route 3 (New Jersey)|Route 3]] and approaches Delawanna station. |
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On February 9, 1996, a Main Line train was involved in a [[1996 Secaucus train collision|collision]] with a Bergen County Line train in Secaucus. |
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==Service== |
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Next stop is [[Passaic (NJT station)|Passaic]], which is located on an embankment. After Passaic, the Main Line has a stretch through some industrial areas before the [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] [[Clifton (NJT station)|station]], which is also located on an embankment. |
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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 now occupy the Erie alignment-- since the Bergen County line was rerouted adjacent to the Main Line to pass through [[Secaucus Junction]]. |
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At [[Secaucus Junction]], all trains stop for passengers to change to and from [[Northeast Corridor Line]], [[North Jersey Coast Line]], [[Raritan Valley Line]] and Midtown Direct trains on the [[Morristown Line]], the [[Gladstone Branch]], and the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] on the upper level. |
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The Main Line passes under [[U.S. Route 46]] and the [[Garden State Parkway]] before it crosses under and over several streets in south [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]. This portion of the line was single-tracked, then double-tracked in a rehabilitation project in 2002. The line passes under [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] and heads into downtown Paterson. Paterson station is elevated, with a center platform. |
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The Main Line then runs through an industrial section of [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]. Shortly afterwards the Bergen County Line curves right on its new connection to the Erie alignment. The Main Line then crosses over the [[Hackensack River]] on the single-track [[Upper Hack Lift]] bridge, built in 1958. |
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Continuing north, the Main Line is on an elevated grade through Paterson, passing over streets. After several grade crossings in an industrial area, the tracks crosses over the [[Passaic River]] on a truss bridge. [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]] is the next stop, at grade level. After a long stretch, the train reaches [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] station, at grade level at a crossing. |
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Double track resumes under the [[New Jersey Turnpike]]'s western spur after 0.4 mile of single track. The train continues through the Meadowlands and passes the first grade crossing at Valley Brook Avenue in [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]]. The line curves slightly and passes through the 1903 Kingsland tunnel. Kingsland station is shortly after the tunnel in an open cut. Just beyond Kingsland station is Lyndhurst station, on an embankment. |
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After Glen Rock station, Ridgewood Junction is reached. This is where Main Line will merge with the Bergen County Line. The line widens to three tracks. [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] station is next, with Spanish-style design on the station building and platforms. |
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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|title=Coast Guard, DHS |website=Gpo.gov|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> The train passes under [[Route 3 (New Jersey)|Route 3]] and approaches Delawanna station. |
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Next is [[Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey|Ho-Ho-Kus]], also at grade. [[Waldwick, New Jersey|Waldwick]] follows with an abandoned station building on the northbound side and a footbridge connecting the two platforms. Waldwick Yard is just north of the station, and just following Waldwick Yard is a [[level crossing|grade crossing]]. North of the grade crossing (which has 3 tracks) the line becomes two tracks. |
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Next stop is [[Passaic (NJT station)|Passaic]], on an embankment. After Passaic, the Main Line has a stretch through some industrial areas before the [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] [[Clifton (NJT station)|station]], also on an embankment. |
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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. |
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The Main Line passes under [[U.S. Route 46]] and the [[Garden State Parkway]] before it crosses under and over several streets in south [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]. It leaves the DL&W Boonton Branch alignment at about {{coord|40.886|-74.167|display=inline}} and reaches the Erie Main Line alignment at {{coord|40.905|-74.164|display=inline}}. This connection was single track when built circa 1963, then double-tracked in a rehabilitation project in 2002. The line passes under [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] and heads into downtown Paterson. The Erie station in Paterson is elevated, with a center platform. |
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[[Mahwah, New Jersey|Mahwah]] follows and is the last station in New Jersey. Crossing over the [[New York]] state line, the train arrives at [[Suffern, New York|Suffern]], the last stop. Some trains continue past to [[Port Jervis (Metro-North station)|Port Jervis]]. The yards are located just to the north, under the [[New York State Thruway]] overpass. |
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Continuing north the Main Line is elevated through Paterson, passing over streets. After several grade crossings in an industrial area, the tracks cross the [[Passaic River]] on a truss bridge. [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]] is the next stop, at grade level. After a long stretch, the train reaches [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] station, at grade level at a crossing. |
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==Station listing== |
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'''New Jersey''' |
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*[[Hoboken Terminal]] |
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*[[Secaucus Junction]] |
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*[[Kingsland (NJT station)|Kingsland]] |
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*[[Lyndhurst (NJT station)|Lyndhurst]] |
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*[[Delawanna (NJT station)|Delawanna]] |
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*[[Passaic (NJT station)|Passaic]] |
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*[[Clifton (NJT station)|Clifton]] |
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*[[Paterson (NJT station)|Paterson]] |
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*[[Hawthorne (NJT station)|Hawthorne]] |
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*[[Glen Rock (Main Line) (NJT station)|Glen Rock (Main Line)]] |
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*[[Ridgewood (NJT station)|Ridgewood]] |
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*[[Ho-Ho-Kus (NJT station)|Ho-Ho-Kus]] |
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*[[Waldwick (NJT station)|Waldwick]] |
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*[[Allendale (NJT station)|Allendale]] |
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*[[Ramsey (NJT station)|Ramsey]] |
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*[[Ramsey Route 17 (NJT station)|Ramsey Route 17]] |
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*[[Mahwah (NJT station)|Mahwah]] |
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After Glen Rock the Main Line merges with the Bergen County Line at Ridgewood Junction. The line widens to three tracks (in Erie days the line was four tracks from here to Suffern NY). [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] station is next, with Spanish-style design on the station building and with newly constructed high-level platforms. |
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'''New York''' |
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*''[[Suffern (Metro-North station)|Suffern]]'' |
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Next is [[Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey|Ho-Ho-Kus]], also at grade. [[Waldwick, New Jersey|Waldwick]] follows with an abandoned station building on the northbound side and a footbridge connecting the two platforms. Waldwick Yard is just north of the station with the restored WC tower on the southbound side by the yard. Just following Waldwick Yard is a [[level crossing|grade crossing]]. North of the grade crossing (which has three tracks) the line becomes two tracks. |
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*''[[Sloatsburg (Metro-North station)|Sloatsburg]]'' |
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*''[[Tuxedo (Metro-North station)|Tuxedo]]'' |
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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. |
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*''[[Harriman (Metro-North station)|Harriman]]'' |
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*''[[Salisbury Mills-Cornwall (Metro-North station)|Salisbury Mills-Cornwall]]'' |
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[[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 NJT Main Line trains. |
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*''[[Campbell Hall (Metro-North station)|Campbell Hall]]'' |
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*''[[Middletown-Town of Wallkill (Metro-North station)|Middletown-Town of Wallkill]]'' |
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==Rolling stock== |
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*''[[Otisville (Metro-North station)|Otisville]]'' |
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All trains on the Main Line are push-pulled by diesel locomotives. Coaches used are from the [[Comet (railcar)|Comet]] series, and often feature Metro-North owned [[Comet V]]s as these are pooled with New Jersey Transit's coaches as part of the operating agreement. Trains running exclusively on NJT trackage may also utilize [[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|MultiLevel]] cars hauled by a [[PL42AC]]. More recently, [[ALP-45DP]] hauled trains have been used on this line as well. Other equipment used could also include [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] [[GP40PH-2]] or [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] [[GP40PH-2]]B locomotives. |
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*''[[Port Jervis (Metro-North station)|Port Jervis]]'' |
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{{Clear}} |
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==Stations== |
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! rowspan="2" |State |
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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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! rowspan="2" |Location |
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!rowspan=2|[[Milestone|Milepost (km)]] |
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![[Bergen County Line|BC]] |
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| rowspan="20" |[[New Jersey|NJ]] |
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|[[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] |
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|[[Hoboken Terminal]] {{NJT acc}} |
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|0.0 (0.0) |
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|1903 |
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|[[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]] |
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|[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] |
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|[[Secaucus Junction]] {{NJT acc}} |
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|3.5 (5.6) |
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|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|access-date=June 5, 2013|author=Frassinelli, Mike}}</ref> |
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|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}} |
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| rowspan="2" |[[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]] |
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|{{njts|Kingsland}} |
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|7.6 (12.2) |
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|December 14, 1870{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=55}} |
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|December 14, 1870{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=55}} |
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|[[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] |
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|{{njts|Delawanna}} |
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|9.3 (15.0) |
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|December 14, 1870{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=55}} |
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|[[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] |
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|10.6 (17.1) |
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|December 14, 1870{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=55}} |
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|[[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] |
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|12.2 (19.6) |
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|December 14, 1870{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=55}} |
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| rowspan="3" |[[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] |
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|bgcolor=dfdfdf|{{stn|South Paterson||Erie Railroad}} |
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|bgcolor=dfdfdf|April 2, 1963 |
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|bgcolor=dfdfdf|1986<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sommers |first1=Adam |title=Paterson Train Stop Will Close |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29555561/ |access-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> |
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|{{njts|Paterson}} {{NJT acc}} |
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|15.6 (25.1) |
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|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/ |access-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> |
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|[[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]] |
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|17.7 (28.5) |
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|October 19, 1848<ref name="1848opening">{{cite news |title=Common Council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53661863/paterson-ramapo-october-17-1848/ |access-date=June 18, 2020 |work=[[The New York Herald]] |date=October 17, 1848 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name="1848opening-2">{{cite news |title=Ramapo and Paterson and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53661837/paterson-ramapo-december-7-1848/ |access-date=June 18, 2020 |work=The Evening Post |date=December 7, 1848 |location=New York, New York |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |
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|rowspan=2|[[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] |
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|bgcolor=dfdfdf|[[Ferndale station (Erie Railroad)|Ferndale]] |
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|bgcolor=dfdfdf|1894<ref>{{cite news |title=A boom in real estate... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53725997/ferndale-october-26-1894/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |work=The Ridgewood Herald-News |date=October 26, 1894 |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |
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*{{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}} |
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*{{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 |access-date=April 18, 2020}} |
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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}} |
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*{{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}} }} |
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*{{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}} |
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*{{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}} |
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*{{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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System | New Jersey Transit Rail Operations Metro-North Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolling stock | F40PH-3C/GP40PH-2/ALP-45DP/PL42AC locomotives Comet V/Multilevel coaches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 95 mi (153 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 to Hoboken, New Jersey, in the United States. It runs daily commuter service and was once the north–south main line of the Erie Railroad. It is colored yellow on NJ Transit system maps, and its symbol is a water wheel.[2]
The Bergen County Line splits off the Main Line just west of the Secaucus Junction transfer station and rejoins it at Ridgewood. Trains on both lines are push-pull, powered by diesel locomotives (ordinarily on the west end of the train).
History
[edit]The Erie Railroad's main line ran from Jersey City to Chicago via Binghamton and Jamestown, New York, Akron and Marion, Ohio, and Huntington, Indiana, with branches to Buffalo, Cleveland, and 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, ran along this section, through Passaic, Paterson, Ridgewood, on to Port Jervis, northwest to Binghamton, New York State's Southern Tier, Jamestown, and west to Chicago. The final long-distance train along this route was the Atlantic Express and Pacific Express in 1965.[3]
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In 1963, the Erie Main Line south of Paterson to its connection with the Bergen County Line at Carlton Hill in Rutherford was abandoned and service began using the former Lackawanna Boonton Branch south of Paterson via the Lyndhurst Draw and Upper Hack Lift bridges as the route through downtown 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 Junction station in late 2003.
1996 Secaucus collision
[edit]On February 9, 1996, a Main Line train was involved in a collision with a Bergen County Line train in Secaucus.
Service
[edit]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. 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 now occupy the Erie alignment-- since the Bergen County line was rerouted adjacent to the Main Line to pass through Secaucus Junction.
At Secaucus Junction, all trains stop for passengers to change to and from Northeast Corridor Line, North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line and Midtown Direct trains on the Morristown Line, the Gladstone Branch, and the Montclair-Boonton Line on the upper level.
The Main Line then runs through an industrial section of Secaucus. Shortly afterwards the Bergen County Line curves right on its new connection to the Erie alignment. The Main Line then crosses over the Hackensack River on the single-track Upper Hack Lift bridge, built in 1958.
Double track resumes under the New Jersey Turnpike's western spur after 0.4 mile of single track. The train continues through the Meadowlands and passes the first grade crossing at Valley Brook Avenue in Lyndhurst. The line curves slightly and passes through the 1903 Kingsland tunnel. Kingsland station is shortly after the tunnel in an open cut. Just beyond Kingsland station is Lyndhurst station, on an embankment.
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).[4] The train passes under Route 3 and approaches Delawanna station.
Next stop is Passaic, on an embankment. After Passaic, the Main Line has a stretch through some industrial areas before the Clifton station, also on an embankment.
The Main Line passes under U.S. Route 46 and the Garden State Parkway before it crosses under and over several streets in south Paterson. It leaves the DL&W Boonton Branch alignment at about 40°53′10″N 74°10′01″W / 40.886°N 74.167°W and reaches the Erie Main Line alignment at 40°54′18″N 74°09′50″W / 40.905°N 74.164°W. This connection was single track when built circa 1963, then double-tracked in a rehabilitation project in 2002. The line passes under Interstate 80 and heads into downtown Paterson. The Erie station in Paterson is elevated, with a center platform.
Continuing north the Main Line is elevated through Paterson, passing over streets. After several grade crossings in an industrial area, the tracks cross the Passaic River on a truss bridge. Hawthorne is the next stop, at grade level. After a long stretch, the train reaches Glen Rock station, at grade level at a crossing.
After Glen Rock the Main Line merges with the Bergen County Line at Ridgewood Junction. The line widens to three tracks (in Erie days the line was four tracks from here to Suffern NY). Ridgewood station is next, with Spanish-style design on the station building and with newly constructed high-level platforms.
Next is Ho-Ho-Kus, also at grade. Waldwick follows with an abandoned station building on the northbound side and a footbridge connecting the two platforms. Waldwick Yard is just north of the station with the restored WC tower on the southbound side by the yard. Just following Waldwick Yard is a grade crossing. North of the grade crossing (which has three tracks) the line becomes two tracks.
Allendale and 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 south in Ramsey.
Mahwah follows and is the last station in New Jersey. Crossing over the New York state line the train arrives at Suffern, the last stop for NJT Main Line trains.
Rolling stock
[edit]All trains on the Main Line are push-pulled by diesel locomotives. Coaches used are from the Comet series, and often feature Metro-North owned Comet Vs as these are pooled with New Jersey Transit's coaches as part of the operating agreement. Trains running exclusively on NJT trackage may also utilize MultiLevel cars hauled by a PL42AC. More recently, ALP-45DP hauled trains have been used on this line as well. Other equipment used could also include EMD GP40PH-2 or EMD GP40PH-2B locomotives.
Stations
[edit]State | Zone[5] | Standort | Station[5] | Milepost (km) | Date opened | Date closed | Line services | Connections[5] | ||
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BC | ML | PJ | ||||||||
NJ | 1 | Hoboken | Hoboken Terminal ![]() |
0.0 (0.0) | 1903 | ● | ● | ● | NJ Transit Rail: Bergen County, Gladstone, Meadowlands, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, North Jersey Coast, Pascack Valley, and Raritan Valley Lines Hudson-Bergen Light Rail: 8th Street-Hoboken, Hoboken-Tonnelle lines PATH: HOB-WTC, HOB-33, JSQ-33 (via HOB) NJ Transit Bus: 22, 23, 63, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, 126 New York Waterway to Battery Park City | |
Secaucus | Secaucus Junction ![]() |
3.5 (5.6) | December 15, 2003[6] | ● | ● | ● | NJ Transit Rail (upper level): Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, and Raritan Valley lines NJ Transit Rail (lower level): Bergen County, Meadowlands, and Pascack Valley lines NJ Transit Bus: 2, 78, 129, 329, 353 | |||
2 | Lyndhurst | Kingsland | 7.6 (12.2) | December 14, 1870[7] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 76 | ||||
Lyndhurst | 8.2 (13.2) | December 14, 1870[7] | ● | |||||||
3 | Clifton | Delawanna | 9.3 (15.0) | December 14, 1870[7] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 27, 74, 190 | ||||
4 | Passaic | Passaic | 10.6 (17.1) | December 14, 1870[7] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 190, 702 | ||||
5 | Clifton | Clifton | 12.2 (19.6) | December 14, 1870[7] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 705, 707 | ||||
6 | Paterson | South Paterson | April 2, 1963 | 1986[8] | ||||||
Paterson ![]() |
15.6 (25.1) | May 28, 1832[9] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 161, 703, 707, 712, 744, 746, 748 | ||||||
River Street | 1883 | 1977 | ||||||||
7 | Hawthorne | Hawthorne | 17.7 (28.5) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 722 | ||||
8 | Glen Rock | Ferndale | 1894[12] | 1920s | ● | |||||
Glen Rock–Main Line | 19.4 (31.2) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | |||||||
9 | Ridgewood | Ridgewood ![]() |
20.9 (33.6) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | ● | NJ Transit Bus: 163, 164, 175, 722, 746, 752 | |||
10 | Ho-Ho-Kus | Ho-Ho-Kus | 22.1 (35.6) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | ● | ||||
Waldwick | Waldwick | 23.2 (37.3) | 1886[13] | ● | ● | |||||
11 | Allendale | Allendale | 24.6 (39.6) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | ● | ||||
12 | Ramsey | Ramsey ![]() |
26.5 (42.6) | October 19, 1848[14] | ● | ● | ||||
13 | Ramsey Route 17 ![]() |
27.9 (44.9) | August 22, 2004[15] | ● | ● | ● | ||||
14 | Mahwah | Mahwah | 29.1 (46.8) | October 19, 1848[10][11] | ● | ● | ● | Short Line Bus: 17 | ||
NY | Suffern | Suffern | 30.5 (49.1) | June 30, 1841[16][17] | ● | ● | ● | Transport of Rockland: 59, 93, Monsey Loop 3, Tappan ZEExpress Short Line Bus: 17M/MD/SF |
References
[edit]- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "NJT System Map" (PDF). NJT. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Table 3
- ^ "Coast Guard, DHS" (PDF). Gpo.gov. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Main / Bergen County Lines Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition" (PDF). New York, New York: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2002. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ^ Frassinelli, Mike (June 5, 2013). "U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg gets one last ride at the Secaucus station that bears his name". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Lyon 1873, p. 55.
- ^ Sommers, Adam (October 22, 1986). "Paterson Train Stop Will Close". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. pp. 1, 18. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Transportation, Once Slow and Painful, Has Changed With Country's Growth". The Paterson Evening News. July 15, 1950. pp. 7–16, 7-18. Retrieved April 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "Common Council". The New York Herald. October 17, 1848. p. 1. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ramapo and Paterson and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 7, 1848. p. 4. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A boom in real estate..." The Ridgewood Herald-News. October 26, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form -- Waldwick Railroad Station". National Park Service. September 21, 1977. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Synopsis of Erie History". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 2, 1963. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NJ Transit Announces Opening of Ramsey Route 17 Station" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. August 6, 2004.
- ^ Mott 1899, p. 331.
- ^ Seymour, HC (October 28, 1841). "Eastern Division of the New York and Erie Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
[edit]- Green, Frank Bertangue (1886). The History of Rockland County. New York, New York: A.S. Barnes.
- Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). 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. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- Mott, Edward Harold (1899). Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie. New York, New York: John S. Collins. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, Past and Present. Ridgewood, New Jersey: Citizens Semi-Centennial Association. December 1916. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
- Wardell, Patricia Webb (1994). Allendale: Background of a Borough. Allendale, New Jersey: Allendale Historical Society. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-58248-214-9.
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