Walnut Street station (NJ Transit)
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 25 Depot Square Montclair, New Jersey 07042 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′02″N 74°12′35″W / 40.8173°N 74.2098°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low level side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 198 spots in 4 lots | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | parking rack | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1737[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | October 27, 1953[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Montclair[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| July 1, 1981 | Station agency closed[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 1,208 (average weekday)[8][9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walnut Street (formerly known as Montclair[6]) is a New Jersey Transit station on Walnut Street at Depot Square in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It is the most used station on the Montclair–Boonton Line. Walnut Street is the second or fifth (depending the station of origin) of six stops that are in Montclair along the Montclair-Boonton line. It gets its name from the street that crosses the railroad tracks next to the station. It has a farmers' market in its parking lot from the summer to the early fall.
The station house, built in 1953, has been leased out as a restaurant for many years. The most recent tenant to occupy the space, Mezoco Mexican Taqueria, opened in 2016. This restaurant has since closed, and the building has been unoccupied since 2020.
History
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Built in 1873 by the Montclair Railway, the station was the Erie Railroad's main station in Montclair. The station was formerly known as Montclair.[6] In 1953, the current building was erected and the old station was demolished.[5] On October 23, 1973, a freight train derailed at the station.[10] The Montclair Connection, which merged the Montclair Branch and the Boonton Line, is a few streets after the station.
Station layout
[edit]The station's low-level side platforms are not accessible. The station is located at the corner of Walnut Street and Depot Square, and is in the Walnut street business district.[11]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
- ^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
- ^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
- ^ a b "Walnut Street Station Opens". The Montclair Times. October 29, 1953. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved January 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Shepard, Royal F.; Shepard, Elizabeth (April 20, 2024). Images of America: Montclair. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9780738513492.
- ^ "Township's Position Clairified on Railroad Property Proposals". The Montclair Times. June 18, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ Cook, Joan (October 23, 1973). "11-Car Night Derailment Damages Bloomfield Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ Walnut Street, New Jersey Transit, accessed April 27, 2007.
External links
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Media related to Walnut Street (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
