(rshsdepot) North Hackensack, NJ

[I95BERNIEW_@_aol.com]

From The Record.
 
Link to original story at:
_http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/38846132.html_ 
(http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/38846132.html)  
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
NJ Transit to rename North Hackensack stop 

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 
BY JOHN  REITMEYER
NorthJersey.com
TRENTON BUREAU

New Jersey Transit would change the name of  the Pascack Valley Line stop in 
River Edge to "New Bridge Train Station" under  legislation cleared by a state 
Senate committee on Monday.
 
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, and Gerald  
Cardinale, R-Demarest, passed the Senate’s Transportation Committee by a 5-0  vote.
 
The name change is designed to better link the station with the location  
where George Washington rushed troops across the Hackensack River while  
retreating from the British during the Revolutionary War.
 
A visitor center and museum are in the works at a park commemorating the  
river crossing a block away from the train station, which is currently called  
"North Hackensack Train Station." 
 
The station and a nearby post office took on the North Hackensack labels in  
1905 after the previous name of Cherry Hill — established by donors who paid 
for  the train station in 1870 — caused too much confusion with Cherryville,  
Hunterdon County. 
 
The area had been known as New Bridge in the 1700s. 
 
The name change would go into effect in April when New Jersey Transit is  
scheduled to publish a new set of train schedules, Weinberg said.
 
New Jersey Transit would change the name of the Pascack Valley Line stop in  
River Edge to "New Bridge Train Station" under legislation cleared by a state  
Senate committee on Monday.
 
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, and Gerald  
Cardinale, R-Demarest, passed the Senate’s Transportation Committee by a 5-0  vote.
 
The name change is designed to better link the station with the location  
where George Washington rushed troops across the Hackensack River while  
retreating from the British during the Revolutionary War.
 
A visitor center and museum are in the works at a park commemorating the  
river crossing a block away from the train station, which is currently called  
"North Hackensack Train Station."
 
The station and a nearby post office took on the North Hackensack labels in  
1905 after the previous name of Cherry Hill — established by donors who paid 
for  the train station in 1870 — caused too much confusion with Cherryville,  
Hunterdon County.
 
The area had been known as New Bridge in the 1700s.
 
The name change would go into effect in April when New Jersey Transit is  
scheduled to publish a new set of train schedules, Weinberg  said.
**************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.
net/clk;211531132;33070124;e)

=================================
The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
To Unsubscribe: http://lists.railfan.net/rshsdepot-photo/unsub.html

------------------------------

End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1843
********************************

=================================
The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org