"ONE OF BERGEN COUNTY'S FIRST LIGHT-RAIL SYSTEMS - 1909 - 1929"

     Ever walk the "right-of-way," from let's say, Glen Rock, through Ridgewood, and into Ho-Ho-Kus? Then you've walked the "line" of, perhaps, Bergen County's most famous light rail system, known as The Trolley or The Suffern Trolley.

     "The public referred to it as “The Trolley” or the Suffern Trolley. It ran in and out of Ho-Ho-Kus from late 1909 to 1929. It was a single track system with by-pass tracks to allow for two way traffic. When fully operational, the route started in East Paterson (Elmwood Park) with stops in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Ridgewood, Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick, Allendale, Ramsey, Mahwah and Suffern, New York. (16 miles)."

     "At the end of 1928, Public Service Rapid Transit received permission from the State to terminate operation at the end of the year. George Jackson, Superintendent, shut down the power plants on New Year’s Eve 1928; and the era ended."

Remains of the trolley system are still evident in Ho-Ho-Kus today:

1. The Public Service right of way in town was the route of the trolley systems tracks.
2. A set of trolley tracks are still in the sidewalk on East Franklin Turnpike.
3. The trolley bridge over the Zabriskie Brook is still in place and functions.   It is located behind 16 Lakewood Avenue
4. The accountant/bookkeepers house still exists at 125 Elmwood Ave.
5. Superintendent Jacksons house (cira 1830) is still used as a residence at 110 Sheridan Avenue
6. Remnants of the Sheridan Ave. Trolley Station have survived and are maintained
7. The land that the Trolley Company purchased for future expansion is still an anomaly on the Municipal land use and Tax maps.