Pascack Valley Line
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.
DescriptionEdit
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.<ref>Pascack Valley Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project. New Jersey Transit, January 2006.</ref><ref>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</ref> Service on this line operates seven days a week.<ref>PASCACK VALLEY LINE CUSTOMERS TO GET IMPROVED SERVICE THIS FALL, New Jersey Transit Press Release August 16, 2007 Accessed September 13, 2007</ref>
HistoryEdit
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Citation needed
On April 1, 1976 the Erie Lackawanna was merged with several other railroads to create Conrail.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1936, Erie Railroad section, Table 47</ref> By 1941, this was reduced to a single weekday trip in each direction.<ref>'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1941, Erie Railroad section, Table 38</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September 2016 crashEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} On September 29, 2016, Pascack Valley Line Train 1614 crashed into Hoboken Terminal injuring 108 and killing one.<ref>A New Jersey Train Crash Has Left at Least 100 People Injured Esquire By Associated Press; September 29, 2016</ref>
StationsEdit
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Location | Station<ref name="schedule" /> | Milepost (km) | Date opened | Date closed | Connections<ref name="schedule" /> |
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| 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 Template:Ric: Template:Rcb 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) | citation | CitationClass=web
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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<ref name="1861baer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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1967<ref name="jones" /> | |||
| Wood-Ridge | Template:Njts | 9.6 (15.4) | January 21, 1861<ref name="1861baer" /><ref name="1861opening" /> | |||||
| Hasbrouck Heights | Template:Stn | January 21, 1861<ref name="1861baer" /><ref name="1861opening" /> | 1967<ref name="jones" /> | |||||
| 4 | Template:Njts | 11.2 (18.0) | May 29, 1904<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> | Formerly Williams Avenue | ||||
| 5 | Hackensack | Template:Stn Template:NJT acc | 12.4 (20.0) | January 21, 1861<ref name="1861baer" /><ref name="1861opening" /> | Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus | |||
| Template:Stn | 1870 | 1953 | ||||||
| Template:Stn | September 9, 1869<ref name="anderson" /> | |||||||
| Template:Njts | 13.5 (21.7) | September 9, 1869<ref name="anderson">Template:Cite news</ref> | Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus | |||||
| Template:Njts | March 4, 1870<ref name="jones">Template:Cite book</ref> | 1983<ref name="fairmount close">Template:Cite book</ref> | ||||||
| 6 | River Edge | Template:Njts | 14.7 (23.7) | March 4, 1870<ref name="jones" /> | Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches | |||
| Template:Njts | 16.4 (29.4) | March 4, 1870<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> | Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches | |||||
| Template:Stn | March 4, 1870 | |||||||
| 7 | Oradell | Template:Njts | 17.8 (28.6) | March 4, 1870<ref name="oradell-open">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> | 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<ref name="westwood-open">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> | Template:Bus icon NJ Transit Bus, Rockland Coaches | |||
| Hillsdale | Template:Njts | 21.4 (34.4) | March 4, 1870<ref name="westwood-open" /> | Template:Bus icon Rockland Coaches | ||||
| Template:Stn | 1893<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||||||
| 10 | Woodcliff Lake | Template:Njts | 22.7 (36.5) | May 27, 1871<ref name="1871mayopening">Template:Cite magazine</ref> | ||||
| Park Ridge | Template:Njts | 23.6 (38.0) | May 27, 1871<ref name="1871mayopening" /> | |||||
| Montvale | Template:Njts Template:NJT acc | 24.2 (38.9) | May 27, 1871<ref name="1871mayopening" /> | Template:Bus icon Rockland Coaches | ||||
| NY | MNR | Orangetown | Template:Mnrr | 25.6 (41.2) | May 27, 1871<ref name="1871mayopening" /> | Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland | ||
| Clarkstown | Template:Mnrr Template:MNR acc | 27.9 (44.9) | June 30, 1841Template:Sfn<ref name="1841opening">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> | Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland, Rockland Coaches | ||||
| Spring Valley | Template:Mnrr | 30.6 (49.2) | June 30, 1841Template:Sfn<ref name="1841opening" /> | Template:Bus icon Transport of Rockland, Hudson Link, Rockland Coaches |