New Bridge Landing (NJT station)

New Bridge Landing
A train pulling into New Bridge Landing Station
Station statistics
Address	Kinderkamack Road and Grand Street, River Edge, NJ
Lines	Pascack Valley Line
Connections	NJT Bus: 165 and 762 Rockland Coaches: 11
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Parking	Yes (permit & daily)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	1870[1]
Closed	Station building demolished in 1978[1]
Rebuilt	1896[1]
Code	777 (Erie Railroad)[2]
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	6[3]
Formerly	North Hackensack (1896–2009) Cherry Hill (1870–1895)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	440 (average weekday)  1.14%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station River Edge toward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Anderson Street toward Hoboken Pascack Valley Line Fairmount Avenue (Closed 1983) toward Hoboken Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station Fairmount Avenue toward Pavonia Terminal New Jersey and New York Railroad River Edge toward Haverstraw

Pascack Valley Line

Legend 30.6 Spring Valley 27.9 Nanuet 25.4 Pearl River New York–New Jersey border 24.2 Montvale 23.6 Park Ridge 22.7 Woodcliff Lake 21.4 Hillsdale 20.5 Westwood 19.3 Emerson 17.8 Oradell 16.4 River Edge 14.7 New Bridge Landing 13.5 Anderson Street Hackensack 12.4 Essex Street Hackensack 11.2 Teterboro 9.6 Wood-Ridge Meadowlands Rail Line diverges Bergen County Line diverges 5.6 Hackensack River via HX Draw Main Line diverges Secaucus Junction 0.0 Hoboken Terminal

New Bridge Landing Station at River Edge (known as North Hackensack Station until April 2009) is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is located in River Edge, New Jersey and is located at Kinderkamack Road and Grand Street. It is one of two stations in the town; the River Edge station is also located in River Edge. With the addition of "at River Edge" to the station's name, New Jersey Transit now recognizes the station as being in River Edge; when the station was known as North Hackensack NJT had regarded the station as being in neighboring Hackensack. The station was built in 1870, as part of the northern extension of the New Jersey and New York Railroad from Hackensack's station at Essex Street. The station depot was demolished in 1978^[1] and replaced by a shelter.^[4]

The station is named for the nearby tide-mill hamlet New Bridge Landing, where George Washington and Thomas Paine crossed the narrows of the Hackensack River in his retreat after the loss of Fort Washington during the New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776.^[5]

Service

This line runs north-south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.

The Pascack Valley Line provides service seven days a week.^[6]

Parking

Permit parking is operated by the Borough of River Edge. New Bridge Landing Station parking lot permits are issued on a lottery system basis only. Forms are available at the Borough's website or at the Police Department desk at Borough Hall. If your application is drawn at the lottery, a permit decal will be mailed to you. If your application is NOT drawn at the lottery, your check will be returned to you with a blank application form for your use at the next drawing. Effective 2007, the fees are $117.70 for a quarterly permit or $331 for a yearly permit (all fees include 7% New Jersey sales tax).^[7]

A total of 21 daily parking spaces are available at the North Hackensack Train Station parking lot and are located on the perimeter of the lot at a cost of $4.00 per day as of 2008. Another 20 spaces are available on Elizabeth Street.^[7] These spaces are available on a first come, first serve basis, are limited and tend to fill up quickly.

In anticipation of increased ridership from bi-directional operation, an additional 143 parking spaces were added on August 13, 2008, bringing the total number of spaces to 291.^[8][9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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. 
2. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/erie_docs/erie-losn16.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010. 
3. ^ "Pascack Valley Line Timetables". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0010.pdf. Retrieved November 27, 2010. 
4. ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.. ISBN 1582481830. 
5. ^ Reitmeyer, John. "NJ Transit to rename North Hackensack stop", The Record (Bergen County), February 3, 2009. Accessed February 3, 2009.
6. ^ NJ TRANSIT PREVIEWS NEW SERVICE ON PASCACK VALLEY LINE
7. ^ ^{a b} North Hackensack Lot Parking, Borough of River Edge Accessed September 13, 2007
8. ^ Progressive Railroading July 13, 2007 Accessed September 13, 2007
9. ^ "Parking Capacity to Nearly Double August 13 at North Hackensack Station" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. August 12, 2008. http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2437. Retrieved February 14, 2010. 

External links

• NJT rail station information page for New Bridge Landing
• DepartureVision real time train information for New Bridge Landing
• Pascack Valley Line schedule
• Borough of River Edge
• Bergen County Historical Society
• Station from Google Maps Street View

Coordinates: 40°54′40″N 74°02′09″W / 40.9112°N 74.035969°W / 40.9112; -74.035969