Ridgefield station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

Ridgefield is a proposed station along NJ Transit's (NJT) Northern Branch Corridor Project extension of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Ridgefield, New Jersey.^[1][2]

Ridgefield
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station
Hendricks Causeway over the Northern Branch
General information
Location	Ridgefield, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°49′58″N 74°00′42″W / 40.8328°N 74.0116°W / 40.8328; -74.0116
Owned by	NJT
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit 127, 165
Construction
Parking	269
History
Opened	TBD
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Morsemere toward Nyack Northern Branch Fairview toward Jersey City
Proposed services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station 91st Street toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Northern Branch Palisades Park toward Englewood Hospital 91st Street toward Hoboken Hoboken–Tonnelle Northern Branch

The station site is located along the Northern Branch just west of U.S. Route 1/9 (Broad Avenue) at the overpass of the Hendricks Causeway (County Route S124), southwest of Remson Place. The station is designed to have two side platforms. Parking for 269 vehicles is planned,^[3] for which approximately 3 acres will be acquired.^[4] As of 2019 NJ Transit bus 127 and 165 stopped in the vicinity of the station^[5][6] on Broad Avenue.

The park and ride and bus transfers will be available from Broad Avenue

.

Rail service in Ridgefield began in 1859 by a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad.^[7] while the area was still called the English Neighborhood. The Erie Railroad Ridgefield Freight Station (#1911)^[8] was located at Edgewater Avenue nearby Dutch Reformed Church in the English Neighborhood.^[9][7] and was demolished to make way for the creation of Remson Place after Hendricks Causeway was built in the 1930s.^[10][11] The railroad also had a station in the borough at Morsemere^[12]

Early plans and studies from the 1990s for the HBLR system had originally conceived a terminus in Ridgefield at the Vince Lombardi Park & Ride at the New Jersey Turnpike^[13][14] and still under consideration as part of the Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project.

See also

• Northern Branch (NJ Transit)

References

1. "Northern Branch Corridor Project". www.northernbranchcorridor.com.
2. "Northern Branch Corridor SDEIS FINAL" (PDF). 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
3. Cichowski, John (March 22, 2017). "Road Warrior: A tiny step forward for Bergen light rail". North Jersey.
4. Northern Branch Corridor SDEIS, March 2017, Chapter 5: Land Acquisition and Displacement
5. NJT 165
6. NJT 127
7. Northern Branch Corridor DEIS, December 2011, Appendix H: Historic Properties and Resources
8. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
9. Verdon, Joan (September 30, 2018). "A church with its roots in Bergen County's past turns 250, with faith in the future". North Jersey.
10. Santis, Mauro De (November 24, 2017). Ridgefield. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467126571 – via Google Books.
11. Senior Studio Fall 2008 (2008). "Ridgefield Waterfront Redevelopment Plan" (PDF). Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture. Retrieved November 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. "History of Ridgefield - Ridgefield, New Jersey". www.ridgefieldnj.gov.
13. "Jersey City, Hudson River Waterfront Transportation Corridor Improvements, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System (HBLRTS), Hudson County, Bergen County: Environmental Impact Statement". November 28, 1996 – via Google Books.
14. "NJ Transit's West Shore Regional Proposal". Real Transit. Retrieved November 28, 2019.