The Erie Railroad Piermont Branch was a rail branch line that was formed from the easternmost portion of the original main line of the Erie. It ran from Suffern, New York to Piermont, New York.
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The line began at the Piermont Pier, where steamboats ran to New York City. It then ran to Sparkill, where it connected with the Northern Branch. After this, it ran northwest to Nanuet, where it connected with what is now the NJ TransitPascack Valley Line. It then ran through Monsey and Tallman, and turned north in Suffern.
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Passenger Timetable for the Erie Railroad, New York & New Jersey Railroad and Piermont Branch, effective 1931-09-27
The rail line is an active Norfolk Southern line between Suffern and Tallman. Train H55, based out of Hillburn Yard, runs down the line.[2] Overgrown tracks remain between Tallman and Spring Valley station.[3][4][5][6] The Pascack Valley Line follows the route of the Piermont Branch from Spring Valley to Nanuet. Between Nanuet and Blauvelt, there are very few remnants. The only remnants in this section are a surviving Milepost 8 marker,[7] and a bridge over a creek that carries nothing. Past Blauvelt, the line has been converted to rail trails: the Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail from Blauvelt to Sparkill; the Old Erie Path from Sparkill to South Nyack and the Raymond G. Esposito Trail from South Nyack to Nyack. The line terminated at Franklin Street in Nyack.
^"Abandoned Rails of the Erie Piermont Branch". 31 December 2013.
^"Down on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 11 January 2014.
^"Milepost 8 on the old Erie Piermont Branch". 19 February 2014.
August 24, 2023
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