We Demand Tri-County Rail Now! (for NJDOT)

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The Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project is a project under study by NJ Transit to reintroduce passenger service on a portion of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) right-of-way (ROW) in Passaic, Bergen and Hudson counties using newly built, FRA-compliant diesel multiple unit rail cars. Plans call for service to run from Hawthorne south through Paterson, east to Hackensack and then southeast to North Bergen, where it would join the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) As of 2015, the two-track NYS&W bridge 10.73 over Overpeck Creek was slated for reconstruction, but funding was unavailable. Before it could be replaced, it collapsed in 2018. The bridge was essentially replaced in 2020, largely paid for by the state. The Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project was not included in NJ Transit's 2020 ten-year capital plan The ROW was originally developed by the New Jersey Midland Railway in 1872. The NJ Midland and other railroads were reorganized as the NYS&W in 1881. The NYS&W ran passenger service until June 30, 1966. The line terminated at Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City until 1961, and until 1966 at Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen, which had opened on August 1, 1939 to allow transfer to buses through the Lincoln Tunnel. NYSW freight operations terminate at the Landbridge Terminal south of the North Bergen Yard near Secaucus Road Potential stations include: Hawthorne (Main Line Transfer) 6th Avenue – Paterson Lafayette Street Madison Avenue 20th Avenue Vreeland Avenue Boulevard – Elmwood Park Bergen County Line Transfer Rochelle Avenue Maywood Avenue American Legion Drive – Hackensack University Medical Center Pascack Valley Line Transfer State Street – Hackensack or Downtown-River Street Occasionally it's useful to vote