Pascack Valley Line

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	#4109 pushes Train #1628 out of Essex Street in Hackensack, en route to Hoboken Terminal.
Overview
Owner	New Jersey Transit
Locale	Northern New Jersey and Hudson Valley, New York, United States
Termini	South: Hoboken Terminal in Hudson County, New Jersey; North: Spring Valley in Rockland County, New York;
Stations	18
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	New Jersey Transit and Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)	New Jersey Transit
Rolling stock	F40PH-2CAT/GP40PH-2/GP40FH-2/PL42AC locomotives; Comet V
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	31.2 mi
	50.2 km
	30.6 mi
	49.2 km
	27.9 mi
	44.9 km
	25.4 mi
	40.9 km
	NY
	NJ
	24.2 mi
	38.9 km
	23.6 mi
	38 km
	22.7 mi
	36.5 km
	21.4 mi
	34.4 km
	20.5 mi
	33 km
	19.3 mi
	31.1 km
	17.8 mi
	28.6 km
	16.4 mi
	26.4 km
	14.7 mi
	23.7 km
	13.5 mi
	21.7 km
	12.4 mi
	20 km
	11.2 mi
	18 km
	9.6 mi
	15.4 km
	7.6 mi
	12.2 km
	N.J. Turnpike
	Western Spur
	5.6 mi
	9 km
	N.J. Turnpike
	Eastern Spur
	0.0 mi
	0 km
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The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the United States. The line runs north from Hoboken, New Jersey, through Hudson County and Bergen County in New Jersey, and into Rockland County in New York, terminating at Spring Valley. Service within New York State 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.

Description

The Pascack Valley Line runs between Spring Valley, New York, and Hoboken Terminal. The line is 31 miles (50 km) long, of which the northernmost 6 miles (9.7 km) 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.^[1]^[2] Service on this line operates seven days a week.^[3]

History

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 the 1960 merger that created the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.

In 1976 the Erie Lackawanna was merged with several other railroads to create Conrail. 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. See the article, Port Jervis Line, for the Erie's service west of Suffern.

Rolling stock

All service on this line is diesel, using either GP40PH-2, F40PH, PL42AC, or ALP-45DP locomotives. Comet series passenger cars are used on this line; Bombardier MultiLevel Coaches are occasionally used on this line. Some train sets use equipment owned by Metro-North, which are so marked.

Stations

Zone ^[4]	Station^[4]	Miles (km) from HOB	Date opened	Date closed	Connections / notes^[4]
1	Hoboken Terminal	0.0 (0.0)	1903		NJ Transit: Bergen County, Gladstone, Main, Meadowlands, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, North Jersey Coast, and Raritan Valley Lines Metro-North: Port Jervis Line Hudson-Bergen Light Rail: 8th Street-Hoboken, Hoboken-Tonnelle PATH: HOB-WTC, HOB-33, JSQ-33 (via HOB) NJT Bus: 22, 22X, 23, 54, 68, 85, 87, 89, 126 New York Waterway to Battery Park City
	Morris & Essex Lines (Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) diverge
	Secaucus Junction	3.5 (5.6)	2003		NJ Transit: Bergen County, Gladstone, Main, Meadowlands, Montclair-Boonton, Morristown, North Jersey Coast, Northeast Corridor, and Raritan Valley Lines Metro-North: Port Jervis Line NJT Bus: 2, 78, 129, 329, 353
Main Line diverges
Bergen County Line diverges
Meadowlands Rail Line diverges
3	Wood-Ridge	9.6 (15.4)	c. 1860		Formerly Wood-Ridge-Moonachie
3	Hasbrouck Heights
4	Teterboro (limited service)	11.2 (18.0)
5	Essex Street	12.4 (20.0)	1860		NJT Bus: 76, 712, 780 Formerly Hackensack
	Center Street
	Anderson Street	13.5 (21.7)	1869^[5]		NJT Bus: 175, 770
	Fairmount Avenue		1869^[6]	1983^[7]
6	New Bridge Landing	14.7 (23.7)	1870^[6]		NJT Bus: 175, 762 Rockland Coaches: 11 Formerly Cherry HIll,^[6] then North Hackensack
	River Edge	16.4 (29.4)	1900		NJT Bus: 175, 762 Rockland Coaches: 11
	New Milford
7	Oradell	17.8 (28.6)			NJT Bus: 175, 762 Rockland Coaches: 11
8	Emerson	19.3 (31.1)			NJT Bus: 165 Rockland Coaches: 11
9	Westwood	20.5 (33.0)			NJT Bus: 165 Rockland Coaches: 11, 14, 46, 84
	Hillsdale	21.4 (34.4)	1869		Rockland Coaches: 11
	Hillsdale Manor
10	Woodcliff Lake	22.7 (36.5)
	Park Ridge	23.6 (38.0)
	Montvale	24.2 (38.9)			Rockland Coaches: 11
New Jersey / New York state line
MNR	Pearl River	25.6 (41.2)			Transport of Rockland: 92 Operated by Metro-North Railroad
	Nanuet	27.9 (44.9)			Transport of Rockland: 92 Rockland Coaches: 11 Operated by Metro-North Railroad
	Spring Valley	30.6 (49.2)			Transport of Rockland: 59, 91, 92, 94, Monsey Loop 3, Tappan ZEExpress Rockland Coaches: 11, 45 Operated by Metro-North Railroad
	Woodbine	31.2 (50.2)

References

The Pascack Valley Line: A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad, Wilson E. Jones; ISBN 0-941652-14-9

^ Pascack Valley Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project. New Jersey Transit, January 2006.
^ 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
^ PASCACK VALLEY LINE CUSTOMERS TO GET IMPROVED SERVICE THIS FALL, New Jersey Transit Press Release August 16, 2007 Accessed September 13, 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pascack Valley Line Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition" (PDF). New York, New York: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
^ "Hackensack and New-York Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York: TimeWarner. September 9, 1869. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. p. 44. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.
^ Pascack Valley Line Timetables. Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 1982.

External links

[1] Pascack Valley Line Right-of-Way Improvement Project. New Jersey Transit, January 2006.

[2] 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

[3] PASCACK VALLEY LINE CUSTOMERS TO GET IMPROVED SERVICE THIS FALL, New Jersey Transit Press Release August 16, 2007 Accessed September 13, 2007

[schedule-4] "Pascack Valley Line Timetables - November 19, 2014 edition" (PDF). New York, New York: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.

[anderson-5] "Hackensack and New-York Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York: TimeWarner. September 9, 1869. Retrieved January 9, 2010.

[jones-6] Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. p. 44. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.

[fairmount_close-7] Pascack Valley Line Timetables. Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 1982.

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v t e NJ Transit Rail Operations
Hoboken Division	Bergen County Line Main Line Meadowlands Rail Line Montclair-Boonton Line Morris & Essex Lines ( Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line
Newark Division	Atlantic City Line North Jersey Coast Line Northeast Corridor Line Princeton Branch Raritan Valley Line
Connections	Aldene Connection Harold Interlocking Lehigh Line Connection Kearny Connection Montclair Connection Port Morris Junction Secaucus Junction Waterfront Connection
Current rolling stock	EMD GP40PH-2 ALP-46 ALP-45DP PL42AC Comet coaches Comet V MultiLevel coaches Arrow multiple units
Bridges and tunnels	Beach Bridge Bergen Tunnels Brielle Draw Connecting Railway Bridge DB Draw Delair Bridge Dock Bridge East River Tunnels HX Draw Lower Hack Lift Lyndhurst Draw Morgan Draw Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge Newark Drawbridge North River Tunnels Oceanport Draw Portal Bridge Rahway River Bridge Raritan Bay Drawbridge Raritan River Bridge Roseville Tunnel Shark River Draw Upper Hack Lift WR Draw
Stations and yards	List of stations Historic stations County Yard Morrisville Yard Sunnyside Yard
Proposed lines	Lackawanna Cut-Off Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line West Trenton Line
Other topics	Access to the Region's Core Atlantic City Express Service Glassboro–Camden Line Gateway Program Mid-Line Loop Northern Branch Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Sawtooth Bridges Train to the Game Former stations Proposed stations

v t e Metro-North Railroad
East of Hudson	Harlem Line Hudson Line New Haven Line Danbury Branch New Canaan Branch Waterbury Branch
West of Hudson (operated by NJ Transit)	Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line
Non-revenue and Predecessor lines	Beacon Line Putnam Line
Other	Stations (accessibility) Rolling stock Highbridge Facility Hudson Rail Link Park Avenue main line Penn Station Access MTA Arts & Design