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Ramsey is one of two railroad stations operated by New Jersey Transit in the borough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Main Line and Bergen County Line, Ramsey station is also unofficially known as Ramsey – Main Street due to the opening of Ramsey Route 17 station to the north in 2004.

Ramsey
Train departing for Hoboken, 2011
General information
Location	Main Street at Erie Plaza, Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey 07446
Coordinates	41.0568°N 74.1422°W / 41.0568; -74.1422
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	2323 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	12[2]
History
Opened	October 19, 1848[3][4]
Rebuilt	1868[5]
Passengers
2018	559 (average weekday)[6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Ramsey Route 17 toward Suffern Main Line Allendale toward Hoboken Bergen County Line weekdays
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Mahwah toward Chicago Main Line Allendale toward Jersey City

History

Railroad service to the Ramsey section of Hohokus Township began on October 19, 1848. The Paterson and Ramapo Railroad began service between Jersey City and Suffern, where connection was made to the Erie Railroad 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 in Berlin, which is older than 1868, ended in the 1960s).

Station layout

This station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform, 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.

Ground/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 2	←           Main Line, Bergen County Line toward Suffern (Ramsey Route 17) ←      Port Jervis Line does not stop here
	Track 1	←      Port Jervis Line does not stop here ←           Main Line, Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Allendale) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey

References

External links

• Media related to Ramsey (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Turn of the century postcard of the train station
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View
• Noble, Tom (March 5, 2015). "Federal agency ranks Ramsey train crossing among most dangerous in state". www.northjersey.com. Retrieved 2015-03-10.

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