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Ramsey is one of two
Railroad service to the Ramsey section of Hohokus Township began on October 19, 1848. The
Turn of the century postcard of the train station
Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View
* NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848 Ramsey, New Jersey Former Erie Railroad stations Railway stations in Bergen County, New Jersey 1848 establishments in New Jersey {{NewJersey-railstation-stub
railroad stations
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operated by New Jersey Transit
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in the borough
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History
In the Middle A ...
of Ramsey
Ramsey may refer to:
Geography British Isles
* Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, a small market town in England
* Ramsey, Essex, a village near Harwich, England
** Ramsey and Parkeston, a civil parish formerly called just "Ramsey"
* Ramsey, Isle of Man, t ...
, Bergen County, New Jersey
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, United States
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. Located on the Main Line and Bergen County Line
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, Ramsey station is also unofficially known as Ramsey – Main Street due to the opening of Ramsey Route 17 station
Ramsey Route 17 is one of two railroad stations operated by New Jersey Transit in the borough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Named after nearby Route 17, trains at the station are serviced by the Main Line and Bergen ...
to the north in 2004.
History
Railroad service to the Ramsey section of Hohokus Township began on October 19, 1848. The Paterson and Ramapo Railroad
The Paterson and Ramapo Railroad was a railroad that operated mostly in New Jersey, connecting the city of and Paterson, New Jersey with Suffern, New York, just across the state line. The railroad was chartered in 1841 and construction began in 18 ...
began service between Jersey City and Suffern, where connection was made to the Erie Railroad
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main line. The station was built on land donated by Peter J. Ramsey, a local landowner. The Erie Railroad, who took over service, built a new depot at Ramsey in 1868, making it the oldest active passenger depot for commuter service in the state of New Jersey. (Service at the Long-a-Coming Depot
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in Berlin
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, which is older than 1868, ended in the 1960s).
Station layout
This station has two tracks, each with a low-levelside platform
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, and a small parking lot on the south side of Main Street ( County Route 2). The station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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.
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
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* List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
References
External links
*Turn of the century postcard of the train station
Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View
* NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848 Ramsey, New Jersey Former Erie Railroad stations Railway stations in Bergen County, New Jersey 1848 establishments in New Jersey {{NewJersey-railstation-stub