Essex Street station (NJ Transit)

Essex Street, known as Hackensack during the Erie Railroad era, is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line, located in Hackensack, New Jersey, at 160 John Street. The Pascack Valley Line services this station seven days a week.

This article is about the Pascack Valley Line commuter railroad station in Hackensack, New Jersey. For the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station in Jersey City, New Jersey, see Essex Street station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail).
Essex Street
Essex Street station in April 2015. The former 1861 station depot platform is visible on the right side.
General information
Location160 Essex Street, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 07601
Coordinates40.87934°N 74.051579°W / 40.87934; -74.051579
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1 (formerly 3)
Connections NJT Bus: 76, 712, and 780
Construction
Parking236 spaces (in 2 lots)
Bicycle facilitiesLockers available
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code769 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone5
History
OpenedJanuary 21, 1861
Rebuilt1893
Key dates
September 1, 1969Station depot burns
July 1970Station depot razed
Passengers
2018349 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Anderson Street
toward Spring Valley
 Pascack Valley Line Teterboro
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Central Avenue
toward Haverstraw
 New Jersey and New York Railroad Williams Avenue
toward Jersey City

The first station house was built in 1861 by the Hackensack and New York Railroad on a track extension from Passaic Street in Hackensack. The station was turned over to the Erie Railroad in 1896, serving as a partial headquarters before being moved to Hillsdale and New Jersey Transit in 1983. The station was once the southernmost of four stations in Hackensack, which included stations at Anderson Street, Fairmount Avenue, and Central Avenue.

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