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  Bergen County Line
BergenCountyLine.svg

Train 1253 leaves Glen Rock Boro Hall Bergen County Line.jpg
Train #1253 departs Glen Rock–Boro Hall.

Overview
Type Commuter rail
System
New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
Metro-North Railroad
Locale Northern New Jersey
Termini
Hoboken Terminal
Waldwick
Stations 17, or 12
Daily ridership 4,305[1]
Operation
Owner New Jersey Transit
(Hoboken Terminal to Suffern)
Norfolk Southern Railway
(Suffern to Port Jervis, leased to and maintained by Metro-North Railroad)
Operator(s) New Jersey Transit
Rolling stock
F40PH-3C/GP40PH-2/ALP-45DP/PL42AC locomotives
Comet/Multilevel coaches
Technical
Track length 152.9 km (95.0 mi)
Track gauge
4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)



Route map

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Port Jervis Line
to Port Jervis










30.6 mi
49.2 km


Suffern Yard











Erie Piermont Branch









30.5 mi
49.1 km



Suffern
MTA NYC logo.svg











NY
NJ
border









29.1 mi
46.8 km



Mahwah











Route 17









27.9 mi
44.9 km



Ramsey Route 17








26.5 mi
42.6 km



Ramsey








24.6 mi
39.6 km



Allendale








23.5 mi
37.8 km


Waldwick Yard








23.2 mi
37.3 km



Waldwick








22.1 mi
35.6 km



Ho-Ho-Kus








20.9 mi
33.6 km



Ridgewood













20.2 mi
32.5 km



Ridgewood Junction















Main Line
via Paterson







↑ ↑


mileage above via Main Line









18.2 mi
29.3 km



Glen Rock–Boro Hall








16.5 mi
26.6 km



Radburn











Route 208









15.3 mi
24.6 km



Broadway – Fair Lawn











Route 4












G.S. Parkway












I-80













14.2 mi
22.9 km






Passaic Junction
New York, Susquehanna & Western













US 46









12.7 mi
20.4 km



Plauderville














New York & Greenwood Lake
Erie Dundee spur










11.3 mi
18.2 km



Garfield






Saddle River









10.4 mi
16.7 km



Wesmont











Erie Main Line





closed
1963













Carlton Hill











Bergen Junction









8.4 mi
13.5 km



Rutherford











Route 17














7.6 mi
12.2 km






Pascack Valley Line
to Spring Valley













Route 3












N.J. Turnpike (


Western
Spur
)









5.6 mi
9 km







HX Draw over
Hackensack River
















former alignment














Harmon Cove-
Secaucus





closed
2003















Main Line
via Paterson














N.J. Turnpike (


Eastern
Spur
)














Northeast Corridor






















3.5 mi
5.6 km



Secaucus Junction
























former alignment















New York & Greenwood Lake
Boonton Line













Morris & Essex Lines







Bergen Tunnels









0.0 mi
0 km



Hoboken Terminal

ferry/water interchangeHudson–Bergen Light RailPort Authority Trans-Hudson










Hudson River













The Bergen County Line (or Bergen Line) is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The line loops off the Main Line between the Meadowlands and Glen Rock, with trains continuing in either direction along the Main Line. It is colored on NJT system maps in pale blue, and its symbol is a cattail.


Some trains of Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line also operate over the line. The Norfolk Southern Railway provides freight service along the line via trackage rights.


As on the Main Line, trains are powered by diesel locomotives operated push-pull, consisting of Comet, or in some cases, MultiLevel coaches.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Secaucus train collision




  • 2 Service


  • 3 Stations


  • 4 Bibliography


  • 5 References





History


From a point in Secaucus, just south of the Hackensack River bridge near the former Harmon Cove station, to a point in East Rutherford north of the Rutherford station, the Bergen County Line uses the former Erie Railroad Main Line. This portion was opened in 1833 by the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad[2] and leased by the New York and Erie Rail Road in 1852.[3] The rest of the line, from East Rutherford north to Glen Rock, opened in 1881 as the Bergen County Railroad.[citation needed]


Until the late 1950s, the main function of the Erie's Bergen County Cutoff was as a freight bypass of the at-grade Main Line through Passaic. Commuter service was relatively minor. In 1963 the Lackawanna Boonton Line up to Paterson became the new Erie Main Line. This was due to the abandonment of the Main Line section through downtown Passaic and also due to the fact that Interstate 80 construction used the old Boonton Line right-way in Paterson. The old Main Line up to Rutherford was now exclusively part of the Bergen Line.[citation needed]


Prior to the opening of Secaucus Junction in 2003, Bergen County Line trains used a longer stretch of the old Erie Main Line in Secaucus, extending south to Croxton Yard and a merge with the former Lackawanna Boonton Line. A curving track was built between the HX Draw at Hackensack River and the Main Line north of Secaucus Junction to allow Bergen County Line trains to use Secaucus Junction.[citation needed]



Secaucus train collision



On February 9th, 1996, a Bergen County Line train collided with a Main Line train killing 3 people.[4]



Service





Map of the Main and Bergen County lines




Rutherford station


Approaching Secaucus Junction, a westbound train headed for the Bergen County Line will use the more northerly pair of tracks, designated G and H at the transfer. West of the transfer, these tracks diverge from the Main Line over a new right-of-way opened on December 15, 2003, connecting the Main Line with the Bergen County Line. During this stretch, the Hackensack River is to the left, while industrial plants on Meadowlands Parkway are to the right. A former station, Harmon Cove, was located nearby along the old Erie right-of-way and served the high-rise apartments nearby between 1978 and 2003.[5][6]


Soon the train joins the old Erie Main Line right-of-way and crosses the Hackensack over HX Bridge, a two-track bascule draw. For the next two miles, the train crosses the Meadowlands, under the New Jersey Turnpike western spur with the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford visible in the distance to the right and a new development beginning to take shape in Rutherford, to the left. Here, the track parallels Berrys Creek and eventually crosses it just before passing below Route 3.[citation needed]


Beyond Route 3, the landscape changes to industrial. Office buildings line the side of the track, some serviced by sidings. The Pascack Valley Line soon splits off to the right at Pascack Junction, and the train then crosses Route 17 and approaches the Rutherford station.[citation needed]


For a half-mile the train passes residences on either side, then swings right, abandoning the old Erie Main Line at 40°50′10″N 74°06′15″W / 40.836°N 74.1042°W / 40.836; -74.1042, and passes through industrial areas with several grade crossings. Soon, the tracks form the border of Carlstadt and Wallington. Presently the train passes Wood-Ridge and South Hackensack before reaching the Wesmont station, which opened on May 15, 2016.[7] The train then swings left, crossing the Saddle River, and then right, into Garfield reaching the Garfield station.[citation needed]


The train continues northward through Garfield, passing homes, businesses, and Dahnerts Lake County Park before reaching the Plauderville station at Midland Avenue, the border between Garfield and neighboring Saddle Brook. Shortly after passing beneath U.S. Highway 46 the track becomes the border of Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, once again crossing Midland Avenue. Interstate 80 passes above the train, which then crosses the Garden State Parkway. The Broadway station in Fair Lawn straddles a border formed by the track and Route 4.[citation needed]


In Fair Lawn, the line is paralleled by Plaza Road, named for Radburn Plaza, the commercial area serving the Radburn development for which the borough's more northerly station is named. The line crosses below Route 208 before reaching Radburn. Beyond the station, the train passes housing to the right and industry to the left, with a spur to a Nabisco plant. Next is the Glen Rock-Boro Hall station which like its Main Line counterpart is on Rock Road. The lines merge a short distance north of this point at Ridgewood Junction. The trains will continue north to either Waldwick or Suffern, and some peak trains will terminate at Ridgewood, which is the first station after the two lines join.[citation needed]




Stations


























































































































































Zone
[8]
Station[8]
Miles (km)
from HOB
Date
opened
Date
closed
Connections / notes[8]
1

Hoboken Terminal Handicapped/disabled access
0.0 (0.0)
1903


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Gladstone, Main, Meadowlands, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, North Jersey Coast, Pascack Valley, and Raritan Valley Lines
BSicon BAHN.svgMetro-North: Port Jervis Line
BSicon TRAM.svgHudson-Bergen Light Rail: 8th Street-Hoboken, Hoboken-Tonnelle
BSicon SUBWAY.svgPATH: HOB-WTC, HOB-33, JSQ-33 (via HOB)
Bus transportNJT Bus: 22, 22X, 23, 54, 68, 85, 87, 89, 126
BSicon BOOT.svgNew York Waterway to Battery Park City

Morris & Essex Lines (Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) diverge

Secaucus Junction Handicapped/disabled access
3.5 (5.6)
December 15, 2003


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Gladstone, Main, Meadowlands, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, North Jersey Coast, Northeast Corridor, Pascack Valley, and Raritan Valley Lines
BSicon BAHN.svgMetro-North: Port Jervis Line
Bus transportNJT Bus: 2, 78, 129, 329, 353

Main Line diverges
3

Harmon Cove

June 26, 1978
August 4, 2003
Station closed when line was rerouted to serve Secaucus Junction

Meadowlands and Pascack Valley Lines diverge

Rutherford Handicapped/disabled access
8.4 (13.5)
1862


Bus transportNJT Bus: 76, 190
Originally called Rutherford–East Rutherford
4

Wesmont
10.4 (16.7)
May 15, 2016[7]



Garfield
11.3 (18.2)



Bus transportNJT Bus: 160, 161, 702, 707, 709, 758
5

Plauderville Handicapped/disabled access
12.7 (20.4)
1913


Bus transportNJT Bus: 160, 758
6

Broadway
15.3 (24.6)



Bus transportNJT Bus: 144, 166, 770
Also known as Broadway Fair Lawn

Radburn
16.5 (26.6)
1930


Bus transportNJT Bus: 145, 171
Also known as Radburn-Fair Lawn
8

Glen Rock – Boro Hall
18.2 (29.3)



Bus transportNJT Bus: 164, 175, 746

Main Line converges
9

Ridgewood Handicapped/disabled access
20.9 (33.6)
1858[9]


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
Bus transportNJT Bus: 163, 164, 175, 722, 746, 752
10

Ho-Ho-Kus
22.1 (35.6)
1848[10]


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line

Waldwick
23.2 (37.3)
1886


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
11

Allendale
24.6 (39.6)
1870


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
12

Ramsey Handicapped/disabled access
26.5 (42.6)
October 19, 1848[11]


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
13

Ramsey Route 17 Handicapped/disabled access
27.9 (44.9)
August 22, 2004


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
BSicon BAHN.svgMetro-North: Port Jervis Line
14

Mahwah
29.1 (46.8)
1871


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
Bus transportShort Line Bus: 17

Suffern
30.5 (49.1)
1841[12]


BSicon BAHN.svgNJ Transit: Main Line
BSicon BAHN.svgMetro-North: Port Jervis Line
Bus transportTransport of Rockland: 59, 93, Monsey Loop 3, Tappan ZEExpress
Bus transportShort Line Bus: 17M/MD/SF

Port Jervis Line continues north


Bibliography




  • Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. Retrieved March 2, 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Citizens Semi-Centennial Association (1916). Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, Past and Present. Ridgewood, New Jersey: Citizens Semi-Centennial Association.



References





  1. ^ NJT boarding data[permanent dead link]Berkeley Retrieved July 13, 2008


  2. ^ "PRR Chronology, 1833" (PDF). (61.1 KiB), June 2004 Edition


  3. ^ "PRR Chronology, 1852" (PDF). (83.5 KiB), March 2005 Edition


  4. ^ "NEAR HEAD-ON COLLISION AND DERAILMENT OF TWO NEW JERSEY TRANSIT COMMUTER TRAINS NEAR SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY FEBRUARY 9, 1996" National Transportation Safety Board


  5. ^ "Station is dedicated". The Courier-News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. June 20, 1978. p. B5. Retrieved September 3, 2018.


  6. ^ "Harmon Cove Information". njtransit.com. New Jersey Transit. June 27, 2003. Archived from the original on June 28, 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2018.


  7. ^ ab Clark, Susan Joy (May 19, 2016). "Train station opens at Wesmont Development in Wood-Ridge". North Jersey.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.


  8. ^ abc "Main / Bergen County Lines Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition" (PDF). New York, New York: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.


  9. ^ Van Valen 1900, p. 242.


  10. ^ Citizens Semi-Centennial Association 1916, p. 112.


  11. ^ "Synopsis of Erie History". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 2, 1963. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
    open access



  12. ^ Green, M.D., Frank Bertangue (1886). "History of Rockland County". New York, New York: A. S. Barnes & Company. Retrieved June 30, 2017.














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