Broadway–Paterson was a

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(NYS&W) station in

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.level, or at-grade crossing south of Broadway at Ellison Place and Madison Avenue. Service by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, had begun in 1873. It was originally known as Paterson, but was renamed after a junction of the railroad's mainline was created to build the Paterson City Branch. The station house, demolished in 1982, was situated between the two lines and served as the Susquehanna's headquarters for several years. Passenger service on the branch ended in 1960 and on the mainline in 1966.

Paterson City Branch

Begun in the 1881 as the Paterson Extension Railroad, the Paterson City Branch was a

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which diverged from what was then

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, and now the NWS&W main at line MP 20, at Madison Avenue and Ellison Place. It ran west to Straight Street in the immediate vicinity of what was the

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's, and is now

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's, Main Line

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. Passenger service was curtailed in 1926 from seven trains to one and stopped completely on January 1, 1927, after which the line was used only for freight. Soon after the opening of the Susquehanna Transfer, the line was refurbished and passenger service was revived. The NYSW received spent $14,000 (1940

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) to reconstruct the roadbed and $9,000 to build a new station to replace the old depot. Paterson City station re-opened on July 15, 1940, and was expanded twice by 1941. Service was eventually discontinued on January 9, 1960. The city bought the double track width right of way (ROW) (between Pearl and 16th streets) in 1960; there are few remnants. Broadway-Paterson Station

Proposed Madison Avenue station

The

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is a project by

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to possibly reintroduce passenger service on a portion of the NYSW right-of-way (ROW) in

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and

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counties using newly built,

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-compliant

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rail cars. A Madison Avenue station stop would be located southwest of the grade crossing between the intersections of Broadway with Madison Avenue and East 18th Street. It is one of several proposed for Paterson. Plans call for service to run from

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south through

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, east to Hackensack and then southeast to

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, where it would join the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR).

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Paterson City Branch

Proposed Madison Avenue station

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