[7] They are named for Vince Lombardi, who worked at St. Cecilia's High School in nearby Englewood as a Latin and chemistry teacher and later become a legendary coach in the National Football League.
It was closed in March 2021 due to low-ridership caused by COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey, but has since re-opened for weekday parking at $9.75/day (including transit).
[14] The park and ride lies south of the New York, Susquehanna and Western (NYSW) Edgewater Branch at the periphery of Little Ferry Yard.
[16] Vince Lombardi Park and Ride is part of the "circle of mobility", as originally proposed NJ Governor Thomas Kean in 1989, to describe a comprehensive transportation network for in metropolitan Northern New Jersey.
[24] Vince Lombardi Park and Ride was seen as a potential interchange station for the HBLR, the Cross County LRT, and West Shore.
A different terminus of the HBLT extension had been decided and the availability of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) compliant diesel multiple unit (DMU) precipitated a project re-conception, namely running from Hawthorne station in Passaic County to an eastern terminus Hackensack, but not along the NYSW alignment at the park and ride.