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RIVER ST
The River Street station in 1909 before the tracks were elevated off the ground level through Paterson.
General information
LocationLeon and River Streets, Paterson, New Jersey
Owned byErie Railroad (–1960)
Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976)
Conrail (1976–1977)
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code2305[1]
History
Closedcirca 1977
Rebuilt1927
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Hawthorne
toward Chicago
Main Line Paterson

River Street station (signed on the depots as River St) was one of three train stations on the Erie Railroad main line serving the city of Paterson, New Jersey. The station, located in the Bunker Hill and Riverside sections of Paterson, was located at the intersection of Leon and River Streets. The original station at River Street opened in the 19th Century as a Type-4 design (according to a 1920 report by the Erie to the Interstate Commerce Commission) with a long wooden siding, one side platform and roof at ground level. The station was replaced in 1927 when the Main Line tracks were elevated through Paterson. The new station was a one-story concrete depot elevated over Leon Street.

The new depot served the railroad through the remaining years of the Erie and soon into the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad (after the Erie and competitor Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged in October 1960). River Street was closed circa 1977 by the Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL) which absorbed the Erie-Lackawanna on April 1, 1976. Currently the tracks are used by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations for their Main Line, the alignment made after the Passaic Plan in 1963 used part of the Lackawanna's Boonton Branch and Erie's Newark Branch as part of the Main Line.

History

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The remains of River Street station in 2010. The station stairs remained, fenced up, and the former canopy overhangs are visible sticking out of the stairs

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
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