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{{short description|Commuter rail line in New Jersey}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox rail line | name = Main Line | color = {{rcr|NJ Transit|Main}} | logo = MainLine.svg | logo_width = 50px | image = Ramsey, NJ, train station.jpg | image_width = 300px | caption = A Main Line train led by a [[GP40PH-2|GP40PH-2B]] at [[Ramsey station (NJT)|Ramsey]]. | type = [[Commuter rail]] | system = [[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations]]<br />[[Metro-North Railroad]] | status = | locale = [[North Jersey|Northern New Jersey]] and [[Hudson Valley]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States | start = [[Hoboken Terminal]] | end = [[Suffern (NJT station)|Suffern]] | stations = 18 | daily_ridership = 9,160<ref name="boardings">[https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~lensovet/njtboardingdata.htm ]{{dead link|date=January 2018}}</ref> | open = | owner = [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]] | operator = NJ Transit Rail Operations | character = | stock = [[EMD F40PH|F40PH-3C]]/[[GP40PH-2]]/[[ALP-45DP]]/[[PL42AC|PL42AC locomotives]]<br />[[Comet (railcar)|Comet V]]/[[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|Multilevel coaches]] | linelength_mi = 95 | gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}} | electrification = | speed = | map = {{NJTransit-Main-infobox}} | map_state = collapsed }} The '''Main Line''' (or '''Erie Main Line''') is a [[commuter rail]] line owned and operated by [[New Jersey Transit]] running from [[Suffern, New York|Suffern]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]], in the United States. It runs daily commuter service and was once the north–south main line of the [[Erie Railroad]]. It is colored yellow on NJ Transit system maps, and its symbol is a [[water wheel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NJT System Map |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/NJT%20System%20Map%20April%202023.pdf |publisher=NJT |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> The [[Bergen County Line]] splits off the Main Line just west of the [[Secaucus Junction]] transfer station and rejoins it at [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]]. Trains on both lines are [[push-pull train|push-pull]], powered by diesel locomotives (ordinarily on the west end of the train).
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