North Hudson County Railway
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The North Hudson Railway Company built and operated a streetcar system in Hudson County and southeast Bergen County, New Jersey before and after the start of the 20th century. It was founded by Hillri
Trolleys carried passengers from the Edgewater Ferry Terminal up the cliffs to the amusement park and beyond.
North Hudson County Railway at the foot of Pershing Road at Weehawken Terminal ca. 1911
Site of the Weehawken Wagon Lift
View toward Palisade Ave at Ferry Street in Jersey City Heights showing a former trolley house (right, now offices), station house (left, now a supermarket), and former PSE&G building (center, now residences called Trolley House)
Transport of New Jersey
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Transport of New Jersey, earlier Public Service Transportation and then Public Service Coordinated Transport, was a street railway and bus company in the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1917 to 1980, wh
North Hudson County Railway
…It was founded by Hillric J. Bonn who became the first President in 1865 and served for 26 years until his death, and eventually taken over by the Public Service Railway. In its endeavors to overcome the formidable obstacle of ascending the lower Hudson Palisades, or Bergen Hill, it devised numerous innovative engineering…
The Public Service-operated Edgewater, running the 125th Street Ferry route from Edgewater Ferry Terminal to 125th Street in Manhattan in 1941