Main Line (NJ Transit)

Main Line
A Main Line train led by a GP40PH-2B at Ramsey.
Overview
OwnerNJ Transit Rail Operations
LocaleNorthern New Jersey and Hudson Valley, New York, United States
Termini
Stations18
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemNew Jersey Transit Rail Operations
Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)NJ Transit Rail Operations
Rolling stockF40PH-3C/GP40PH-2/ALP-45DP/PL42AC locomotives
Comet V/Multilevel coaches
Daily ridership9,160[1]
Technical
Line length95 mi (153 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Port Jervis Line
to Port Jervis
30.6 mi
49.2 km
Suffern Yard
30.5 mi
49.1 km
Suffern
NY
NJ
border
29.1 mi
46.8 km
Mahwah
(limited service for MNRR)
27.9 mi
44.9 km
Ramsey Route 17
26.5 mi
42.6 km
Ramsey
24.6 mi
39.6 km
Allendale
23.5 mi
37.8 km
Waldwick Yard
23.2 mi
37.3 km
Waldwick
22.1 mi
35.6 km
Ho-Ho-Kus
20.9 mi
33.6 km
Ridgewood
20.2 mi
32.5 km
Ridgewood Junction
BCL
19.4 mi
31.2 km
Glen Rock–Main Line
17.7 mi
28.5 km
Hawthorne
15.6 mi
25.1 km
Paterson
12.2 mi
19.6 km
Clifton
10.6 mi
17.1 km
Passaic
9.3 mi
15 km
Delawanna
8.2 mi
13.2 km
Lyndhurst
7.6 mi
12.2 km
Kingsland
Kingsland Tunnel
I-95.svgNew Jersey Turnpike Shield.svg I-95 /
N.J. Turnpike
Western Spur
BCL
I-95.svgNew Jersey Turnpike Shield.svg I-95 /
N.J. Turnpike
Eastern Spur
3.5 mi
5.6 km
Secaucus Junction
former alignment
0.0 mi
0 km
Hoboken Terminal
ferry/water interchangeHudson–Bergen Light RailPort Authority Trans-Hudson

The Main Line (or Erie Main Line) is a commuter rail line owned and operated by New Jersey Transit running from Suffern, New York to 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.[2]

The Bergen County Line splits off the Main Line just west of the Secaucus Junction transfer station and rejoins it at Ridgewood. Trains on both lines are push-pull, powered by diesel locomotives (ordinarily on the west end of the train).

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "NJT System Map" (PDF). NJT. Retrieved 29 May 2023.