Type Commuter rail Stations 18 | Operator(s) New Jersey Transit | |
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System New Jersey Transit and Metro-North Railroad 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 Daily ridership 7,200 (weekday average, FY 2012) Owner NJ Transit Rail Operations | ||
Nj transit pascack valley line essex street station
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 Terminal, 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.
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- Nj transit pascack valley line essex street station
- Trains on the pascack valley line
- Description
- History
- September 2016 crash
- Rolling stock
- References
Trains on the pascack valley line
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. Service on this line operates seven days a week.
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 October 17, 1960 merger that created the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.
On April 1, 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.
September 2016 crash
On September 29, 2016, a Pascack Valley Line train crashed at Hoboken Terminal injuring over 100 and killing one.
Rolling stock
All service on this line is diesel, using either GP40PH-2, 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.