Paterson station

Paterson
Looking at Paterson's Market Street station from street level.
General information
LocationCrosby Place at Market Street and Ward Street, Paterson, New Jersey
Coordinates40°54′53″N 74°10′02″W / 40.9146°N 74.1673°W / 40.9146; -74.1673
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus: 161, 703, 707, 712, 744, 746, 748
Construction
Parking124 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2303 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone6[2]
History
OpenedMay 28, 1832[3]
Rebuilt1924–30; August 10, 1950;[4] 2001
Key dates
October 19, 1848Paterson and Ramapo Railroad opened[5][6]
Passengers
2018632 (average weekday)[7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Hawthorne
toward Suffern
Main Line Clifton
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Hawthorne
toward Suffern
Main Line
until October 27, 1986
South Paterson
toward Hoboken
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Ridgewood
toward Chicago
Main Line Passaic
River Street
toward Ridgewood
Main Line local stops Lake View
Terminus Newark Branch South Paterson
Location
Map

Paterson is a New Jersey Transit commuter railway station located on an elevated viaduct above Market Street in downtown Paterson, New Jersey. The railway through the station is double tracked, for north and south traffic on the NJT Main Line.

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2002. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "Transportation, Once Slow and Painful, Has Changed With Country's Growth". The Paterson Evening News. July 15, 1950. pp. 7–16, 7-18. Retrieved April 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "It's All Yours, Paterson!". The Paterson Evening News. August 9, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Common Council". The New York Herald. October 17, 1848. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Ramapo and Paterson and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 7, 1848. p. 4. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved September 15, 2022.