Ramsey station (NJ Transit) explained

Ramsey
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Main Street at Erie Plaza, Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey 07446
Coordinates:41.0568°N -74.1422°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Passengers:559 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2018
Opened:October 19, 1848[2] [3]
Rebuilt:1868[4]
Accessible:yes
Code:2323 (Erie Railroad)[5]
Zone:12[6]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:14

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.

History

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kiefer . Eric . Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations . patch.com . February 21, 2018 . 13 September 2022.
  2. News: Synopsis of Erie History . February 28, 2019 . The Herald-News . April 2, 1963 . . 1, 6. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Cheslow. Jerry. If You're Thinking of Living In/Ramsey, N.J.; Small-Town Life Survives the Pressures. April 12, 2018. The New York Times. September 7, 2003.
  4. News: Pangburn . John . Ramsey's Durable Station . March 2, 2019 . The Bergen Record . April 30, 1979 . Hackensack, New Jersey . 25. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: List of Station Names and Numbers. May 1, 1916. Erie Railroad. Jersey City, New Jersey. November 23, 2010.
  6. Web site: Main and Bergen County Line Timetables. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 27, 2010. November 7, 2010. Newark, New Jersey. January 24, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020124084043/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0020.pdf. dead.