Passaic station (NJ Transit)
Passaic is a NJ Transit rail station served by Main Line trains in Passaic, New Jersey. The station is located in the Passaic Park section of Passaic at an intersection that links Passaic Avenue and Van Houten Avenue with Lackawanna Place. The Hoboken bound platform is located on the Passaic Avenue side of the station and the Suffern bound platform is located at the intersection of Van Houten Avenue and Lackawanna Place. Pedestrian access to both platforms is available on Passaic Avenue, but an underpass is also available to connect both sides.
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![]() The Hoboken-bound platform at Passaic station in January 2015. | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.8494°N 74.1337°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | NJT Bus: 190, 702 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 108 spaces | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 4[1] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | September 12, 1870 (freight service)[2] December 14, 1870 (passenger service)[3] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | August 16, 1900–June 26, 1901[4][5] | ||||||||||||
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April 1958 | Station agent eliminated[6] | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2012) | 600 (average weekday)[7] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Track 1 | ← Main Line toward Ridgewood, Waldwick or Suffern (Clifton) ← Port Jervis Line limited service toward Port Jervis (Clifton) |
Track 2 | Port Jervis Line limited service toward Hoboken (Delawanna) → Main Line toward Hoboken (Delawanna) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
Bibliography
- 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 16, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
References
- "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Lyon 1873, p. 55.
- "Told in Just a Line or Two". The Passaic Daily News. August 17, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "To Open New Depot". The Passaic Daily News. June 25, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "DL&W Can Eliminate Passaic Agent, Must Keep Station". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 3, 1958. p. 30. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
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