Watchung Avenue Station
Watchung Avenue (known as Park Street until April 1, 1919) is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Watchung Avenue, Watchung Plaza, and Park Street in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line.
The Watchung Avenue station is on an elevated embankment between Watchung Plaza and Park Street. The outbound platform faces the plaza, while the inbound platform and the station house are on the Park Street side. The station house has a waiting room with a bathroom and a former post office and ticket booth. Service to and from this station is weekdays (Monday to Friday) only, with all service stopping at intermediate points.
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 Watchung Avenue station as a train enters the station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 396 Park Street Montclair, New Jersey 07042 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 28, 101 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 95 permit spots | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No bicycle racks | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1739 (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | March 19, 1901–1904 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Park Street (January 1, 1873–March 31, 1919) | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 802 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||
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 The Watchung Avenue station depot in December 2014. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Montclair, New Jersey, USA | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′46.56″N 74°12′25.38″W / 40.8296000°N 74.2070500°W | ||||||||||||
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1873 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Renaissance | ||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002674 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Station layout
The station's low-level side platforms are not wheelchair accessible.
References
Bibliography
- Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham, New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823219544.
- Catlin, George L. (1873). Homes on the Montclair Railway, for New York Business Men. A Description of the Country Adjacent to the Montclair Railway, Between Jersey City and Greenwood Lake. New York, New York: Montclair Railway Company.
- Whittemore, Henry (1894). History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey: Including the History of Families who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Prosperity. New York, New York: The Suburban Publishing Company. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
External links
Media related to Watchung Avenue (NJT station) at Wiki Commons
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