Passaic station (NJ Transit)

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

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.

Passaic
The Hoboken-bound platform at Passaic station in January 2015.
General information
Location	Lackawanna Place at Barry Place, Passaic, New Jersey
Coordinates	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

History

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

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

• 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.