Ramsey station (NJ Transit)

Ramsey is one of two railroad stations operated by New Jersey Transit in the borough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Main Line and Bergen County Line, Ramsey station is also unofficially known as Ramsey – Main Street due to the opening of Ramsey Route 17 station to the north in 2004.

For the other train station in Ramsey, see Ramsey Route 17 station.
Ramsey
Train departing for Hoboken, 2011
LocationMain Street at Erie Plaza, Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey 07446
Coordinates41.0568°N 74.1422°W / 41.0568; -74.1422
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code2323 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone12[2]
History
OpenedOctober 19, 1848[3][4]
Rebuilt1868[5]
Passengers
2012655 (average weekday)[6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Ramsey Route 17
toward Suffern
 Main Line Allendale
toward Hoboken
Bergen County Line
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Mahwah
toward Chicago
 Main Line Allendale
toward Jersey City

History
Ramsey station around c. 1907–1912

Railroad service to the Ramsey section of Hohokus Township began on October 19, 1848. The Paterson and Ramapo Railroad began service between Jersey City and Suffern, where connection was made to the Erie Railroad main line. The station was built on land donated by Peter J. Ramsey, a local landowner. The Erie Railroad, who took over service, built a new depot at Ramsey in 1868, making it the oldest active passenger depot for commuter service in the state of New Jersey. (Service at the Long-a-Coming Depot in Berlin, which is older than 1868, ended in the 1960s).

Station layout

This station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform, and a small parking lot on the south side of Main Street (County Route 2). The station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Ground/
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 2 ←      Main Line and      Bergen County Line toward Suffern (Ramsey Route 17)
←      Port Jervis Line limited service toward Port Jervis (Ramsey Route 17)
Track 1 ←      Port Jervis Line limited service toward Hoboken (Allendale) →
←      Main Line and      Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Allendale) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machines, parking

See also

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. "Synopsis of Erie History". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 2, 1963. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Cheslow, Jerry (September 7, 2003). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Ramsey, N.J.; Small-Town Life Survives the Pressures". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  5. Pangburn, John (April 30, 1979). "Ramsey's Durable Station". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 25. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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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