Coytesville Line
The Route 9 - Coytesville was a former streetcar line in Bergen County, New Jersey. Operated by the Palisades Railroad, a subsidiary of the North Hudson County Railway, the line ran from Coytesville in the north to Palisades Junction on the border of Fort Lee and Cliffside Park, and then split into two branches, one running to Edgewater and its ferry terminal, and one running to Weehawken Terminal. It opened sometime before 1895 and closed on June 1, 1933, although tracks remained until 1937.
Route
The line started out in the unincorporated community of Coytesville, now in the northern section of Fort Lee. It ran south from there, passing through what is now the George Washington Bridge Plaza, and crossing Fort Lee's Main Street. It then entered a private right-of-way, which it followed through the southern section of Fort Lee, and to Palisades Junction. It intersected with routes 1 - Hudson River and 5 - Englewood here, coming from Paterson and Tenafly, respectively. Route 1 - Hudson River is now the and bus routes, and route 5 - Englewood is now the 751 and bus routes. There was a power substation here, which still stands as of 2022.Some trains continued to the Edgewater Ferry Terminal via a hairpin curve down the Palisades here, while others continued south through Cliffside Park and through what is now the North Hudson County Park. Streetcars then traveled along Broadway, turning east on 48th street where they met the Bergenline Avenue and Weehawken Car lines before going down the Palisades on a private right-of-way similar to the route of Pershing Road in Weehawken, which they used to access Weehawken Terminal, also called the West Shore Terminal.