Passaic station (NJ Transit)

NJ Transit rail station

This article is about the NJ Transit station. For the former Erie Railroad Main Line station, see Passaic station (Erie Railroad).

Passaic

The Hoboken-bound platform at Passaic station in January 2015.

General information
Location| Lackawanna Place at Barry Place, Passaic, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°50′58″N 74°08′01″W﻿ / ﻿40.8494°N 74.1337°W﻿ / 40.8494; -74.1337
Owned by| NJ Transit
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Connections| NJT Bus: 190, 702
Construction
Parking| 108 spaces
Other information
Fare zone| 4[1]
History
Opened| September 12, 1870 (freight service)[2]
December 14, 1870 (passenger service)[3]
Rebuilt| August 16, 1900–June 26, 1901[4][5]
Key dates
April 1958| Station agent eliminated[6]
Passengers
2024| 348 (average weekday)[7]
Services
| Preceding station  |  NJ Transit | Following station

|
|

Clifton

toward Suffern

|  | Main Line |  | Delawanna

toward Hoboken

Former services

| Preceding station  | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | Following station

|
|

Clifton

toward Dover

|  | Boonton Branch |  | Delawanna

toward Hoboken

Location

Passaic is an NJ Transit rail station served by Main Line trains in Passaic, New Jersey. The station is located in the Passaic Park section of Passaic at an intersection that links Passaic Avenue and Van Houten Avenue with Lackawanna Place. The Hoboken bound platform is located on the Passaic Avenue side of the station and the Suffern bound platform is located at the intersection of Van Houten Avenue and Lackawanna Place. Pedestrian access to both platforms is available on Passaic Avenue, but an underpass is also available to connect both sides. Connecting transportation includes limited service of NJ Transit 190D and 190E at Van Houten Avenue / Barry Place. Additionally, NJ Transit 702 bus (which operates Monday - Saturday between Bloomfield, New Jersey and Elmwood Park NJ stops one block away at Passaic Avenue and Ascension Street.

## History

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The Boonton Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was first constructed as a freight bypass of the Morris & Essex Railroad in 1868. This was constructed due to the lack of suitability for freight along its passenger lines (due to curves and inclines) and stretched from the Denville station to Hoboken Terminal via Boonton and Paterson.[8] Freight service began on September 12, 1870,[9] while passenger service began on December 14, 1870.[3]

## Station layout

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The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. There are two parking lots, one on either side of the station, and an underpass between platforms. Rita's Italian Ice is opening a branch in the station building located on the outbound track to Suffern; scheduled opening is summer 2025. [10]

## Bibliography

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* Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
3. ^ a b Lyon 1873, p. 55.
4. ^ "Told in Just a Line or Two". The Passaic Daily News. August 17, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "To Open New Depot". The Passaic Daily News. June 25, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "DL&W Can Eliminate Passaic Agent, Must Keep Station". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 3, 1958. p. 30. Retrieved February 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025 (Report). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
8. ^ Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 421. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
9. ^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
10. ^ https://www.ritasice.com/location/ritas-of-passaic-nj/

## External links

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Media related to Passaic (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

* Passaic Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Station House from Google Maps Street View

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