Ramsey Route 17 station is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located on Island Road off State Route 17, the station serves NJ Transit's Main and Bergen County Lines and Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, operated by NJ Transit. The station serves as a large park and ride, with a full-size garage on Island Road. Ramsey Route 17 station has two high-level side platforms connected by an overpass. The overpass also connects to the parking garage. It is one of two stops in the borough, with Ramsey–Main Street station to the south being the other.
History Due to the heavy use of local parking lots at Ramsey and Mahwah, there was demand for a new park-and-ride between those two stations to facilitate better traffic. In 1995, locals approved the construction of a new station at Island Road near the Westervelt–Ackerson House, which at one point was served by a station on the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad, and later, the Erie Railroad. This former station, which started service on October 19, 1848, was known as Westervelt's. Construction began on the new Ramsey Route 17 station in May 2002, and it opened on August 22, 2004.
Station layout The station has two tracks, each with a high-level side platform. It also has a pedestrian overpass complete with elevators, making it accessible for handicapped persons, and a five-level parking structure which serves as a park and ride.
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Station from Route 17 from Google Maps Street View