Pascack Valley Line

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox rail line The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. The line runs north from Hoboken Terminal, through Hudson and Bergen counties in New Jersey, and into Rockland County, New York, terminating at Spring Valley. Service within New York is operated under contract with Metro-North Railroad. The line is named for the Pascack Valley region that it passes through in northern Bergen County. The line parallels the Pascack Brook for some distance. The line is colored purple on system maps, and its symbol is a pine tree.

Description

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NJ Transit GP-40PH-2 4213 leading an outbound Pascack Valley Line train at Main St. level crossing in Hackensack, N.J.

The Pascack Valley Line runs between Spring Valley, New York, and Hoboken Terminal. The line is Template:Convert long, of which the northernmost Template:Convert are in New York State. The entire line is owned by NJ Transit, but the Pearl River, Nanuet and Spring Valley stations are leased to Metro-North Railroad. The line is single tracked, but sidings at points along the line, including the Meadowlands, Hackensack and Nanuet, permit bi-directional off-peak service. A siding in Oradell was also planned for increased service and reliability, but the project was halted due to local opposition.[1][2] Service on this line operates seven days a week.[3]

History

Template:Multiple image The line was originally chartered as the Hackensack and New York Railroad in 1856. It later became the New Jersey and New York Railroad, which was bought by the Erie Railroad in 1896. The New Jersey and New York Railroad continued to exist as an Erie subsidiary until October 17, 1960 merger that created the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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Passenger Timetable for the New York & New Jersey Railroad and Piermont Branch, effective 1931-09-27

On April 1, 1976 the Erie Lackawanna was merged with several other railroads to create Conrail.[5][6] In 1983, after several years under operation by Conrail, operations of the Pascack Valley Line were transferred to NJ Transit Rail Operations.

The line used to continue north of Spring Valley to Haverstraw, New York. This portion of the line has been abandoned and most of the right-of-way has been sold off. Part of the line (between Spring Valley and Nanuet) was once part of the main Erie Railroad line from Piermont, New York to Buffalo, New York.[7] Into the 1930s there had been Erie passenger service from Spring Valley at the end of the Pascack line to Suffern station on the newer Erie Main Line.[8] By 1941, this was reduced to a single weekday trip in each direction.[9]

In August 2020, amidst the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that it would shut down service on the line in Rockland County if federal bailout money were not available.[10]

September 2016 crash

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Stations

State Zone[12] Location Station[12] Milepost (km) Date opened Date closed Connections[12]
NJ 1 Hoboken Hoboken Terminal Template:NJT acc 0.0 (0.0) 1903 Template:Rint NJ Transit Rail: Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb
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Template:Rint Hudson–Bergen Light Rail: Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb
Template:Ric: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rcb
Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus
Template:Rint NY Waterway to Battery Park City
Secaucus Secaucus Junction Template:NJT acc 3.5 (5.6) December 15, 2003[13] Template:Rint NJ Transit Rail (upper level): Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb
Template:Rint NJ Transit Rail (lower level): Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb
Template:Ric: Template:Rcb
Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus
3 Carlstadt Template:Stn January 21, 1861[14][15] 1967[16]
Wood-Ridge Template:Njts 9.6 (15.4) January 21, 1861[14][15]
Hasbrouck Heights Template:Stn January 21, 1861[14][15] 1967[16]
4 Template:Njts 11.2 (18.0) May 29, 1904[17] Formerly Williams Avenue
5 Hackensack Template:Stn Template:NJT acc 12.4 (20.0) January 21, 1861[14][15] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus
Template:Stn 1870 1953
Template:Stn September 9, 1869[18]
Template:Njts 13.5 (21.7) September 9, 1869[18] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus
Template:Njts March 4, 1870[16] 1983[19]
6 River Edge Template:Njts 14.7 (23.7) March 4, 1870[16] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches
Template:Njts 16.4 (29.4) March 4, 1870[20] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches
Template:Stn March 4, 1870
7 Oradell Template:Njts 17.8 (28.6) March 4, 1870[21] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches
8 Emerson Template:Njts 19.3 (31.1) March 4, 1870 Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches
9 Westwood Template:Njts Template:NJT acc 20.5 (33.0) March 4, 1870[22] Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches
Hillsdale Template:Njts 21.4 (34.4) March 4, 1870[22] Template:Bus icon Rockland Coaches
Template:Stn 1893[23][24]
10 Woodcliff Lake Template:Njts 22.7 (36.5) May 27, 1871[25]
Park Ridge Template:Njts 23.6 (38.0) May 27, 1871[25]
Montvale Template:Njts Template:NJT acc 24.2 (38.9) May 27, 1871[25] Template:Bus icon Rockland Coaches
NY MNR Orangetown Template:Mnrr 25.6 (41.2) May 27, 1871[25] Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland
Clarkstown Template:Mnrr Template:MNR acc 27.9 (44.9) June 30, 1841Template:Sfn[26] Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland, Rockland Coaches
Spring Valley Template:Mnrr 30.6 (49.2) June 30, 1841Template:Sfn[26] Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland, Hudson Link, Rockland Coaches

Bibliography

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References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Pascack Valley Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project. New Jersey Transit, January 2006.
  2. ↑ NJ TRANSIT RAMPS UP PROJECT TO PROVIDE BI-DIRECTIONAL, OFF-PEAK SERVICE ON PASCACK VALLEY LINE: Project also makes way for rail service to the Meadowlands, press release dated May 11, 2005
  3. ↑ PASCACK VALLEY LINE CUSTOMERS TO GET IMPROVED SERVICE THIS FALL, New Jersey Transit Press Release August 16, 2007 Accessed September 13, 2007
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  8. ↑ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1936, Erie Railroad section, Table 47
  9. ↑ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1941, Erie Railroad section, Table 38
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  11. ↑ A New Jersey Train Crash Has Left at Least 100 People Injured Esquire By Associated Press; September 29, 2016
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