Englewood is a former railroad station at Depot Square in

Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...

. Once served by the

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie ...

's Northern Branch, the building is located in the city's town center along the ROW now used as a branch line by

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

. The station at Depot Plaza (as it was originally known) was one of the original stations upon opening of the

Northern Railroad of New Jersey The Northern Branch is a railroad line that runs from Jersey City, New Jersey, Jersey City to Northvale, New Jersey, Northvale in northeastern New Jersey. The line was constructed in 1859 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey to connect the Ne ...

, which included two others in the town, Van Brunts (later Nordhoff) and Highwood. The building has undergone various incarnations as restaurants, a recording studio, and a performing arts school. The proposed

Northern Branch Corridor Project The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) from its northern terminus into eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, initially proposed in 2001. If built, the new service would use the right-of-w ...

extension the

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would pass the station along the line.

Northern Branch and HBLR

The station was a stop along

's suburban Northern Branch (NRRNJ) which originated/terminated at Pavonia Terminal on the

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Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Hoboken Terminal). Service continued north into

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. The

is a proposed New Jersey Transit (NJT) project to extend the

along the line providing service newly built stations along the route. The project has stalled due to a lack of funding. The line would pass by the Erie station and terminate at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. A station stop at Depot Square is the city’s much-preferred alternative to NJT's proposed new Englewood Town Center Station to the south. A third stop, Englewood Route 4, would be located at the intersection of NJ Route 4 and NJ Route 93.

Bennett Studios

The station building was Bennett Studios, a recording studio, from 2001 until 2011. The 6,500-square-foot studio was established by Dae Bennett, the son of Tony Bennett.

The Performing Arts School at BergenPAC

Since 2013 the building houses

Bergen Performing Arts Center The Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC) is a not-for-profit theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined e ...

Performing Arts School. Students have the opportunity to perform on both the theater’s main stage and throughout the county. Programs also outreach to school districts and special needs groups.

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Northern Branch and HBLR

Bennett Studios

The Performing Arts School at BergenPAC

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