Paterson station
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Crosby Place at Market Street and Ward Street, Paterson, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′53″N 74°10′02″W / 40.9146°N 74.1673°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 161, 703, 707, 712, 744, 746, 748 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 124 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 2303 (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 28, 1832 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1924–30; August 10, 1950; 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 19, 1848 | Paterson and Ramapo Railroad opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 490 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paterson station is an active commuter railroad station in the eponymous city of Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Located on an elevated concrete viaduct over Ward Street and Market Street in Paterson, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's Main Line, which operates between Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey and Suffern station in Suffern, New York. Paterson station contains a single island platform to service the two tracks that operate along the viaduct. The station has a single parking lot at the intersection of Ward Street and Dale Avenue with 697 spaces, operated by the Paterson Parking Authority on a daily and permitted basis.
Railroad service through the area began with the construction of the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad, which opened between Rutherford (then known as Boiling Springs) and Paterson on May 28, 1832. Service to Suffern began on October 19, 1848 when the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad opened from Paterson. The station's elevated viaduct was built by the Erie Railroad from 1924–1930.