Ramsey Route 17 station
Ramsey Route 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Westbound train departing Ramsey Route 17 station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Island Road at Route 17 Ramsey, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°04′30″N 74°08′43″W / 41.0750°N 74.1454°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | NJT Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 1,221 spaces, 25 accessible spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 12[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 22, 2004[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 499 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 58 of 153 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramsey Route 17 station is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located on Island Road off State Route 17, the station serves NJ Transit's Main and Bergen County Lines and Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, operated by NJ Transit. The station serves as a large park and ride, with a full-size garage on Island Road. Ramsey Route 17 station has two high-level side platforms connected by an overpass. The overpass also connects to the parking garage. It is one of two stops in the borough, with Ramsey–Main Street station to the south being the other.
History
[edit]Due to the heavy use of local parking lots at Ramsey and Mahwah, there was demand for a new park-and-ride between those two stations to facilitate better traffic. In 1995, locals approved the construction of a new station at Island Road near the Westervelt–Ackerson House, which at one point was served by a station on the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad, and later, the Erie Railroad.[5][6] This former station, which started service on October 19, 1848, was known as Westervelt's. Construction began on the new Ramsey Route 17 station in May 2002, and it opened on August 22, 2004.[3]
Station layout
[edit]The station has two tracks, each with a high-level side platform. It also has a pedestrian overpass complete with elevators, making it accessible for handicapped persons, and a five-level parking structure which serves as a park and ride.[citation needed]
Gallery
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An inbound train to Hoboken stops at the station
Pedestrian bridge at the Ramsey Route 17 station that is used to cross the railroad tracks
Interior of the pedestrian bridge
View from westbound platform
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ramsey Route 17". New Jersey Transit. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "NJ Transit Announces Opening of Ramsey Route 17 Station" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. August 6, 2004.
- ↑ Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025 (Report). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Common Council". The New York Herald. October 17, 1848. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "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.
External links
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Media related to Ramsey Route 17 (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons