Mountain Ave. | |||||||||||||
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 An afternoon train leaving Mountain Avenue station in February 2015. The 1893 station depot, constructed by the Erie Railroad is on the left. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 14 Laurel Place, Montclair, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′56″N 74°12′19″W / 40.8488°N 74.2054°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low level side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 28 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 23 spots | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | parking racks | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | 1743 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1893 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||
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| 1959 | Station agency closed[5] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 133 (average weekday)[6][7] | ||||||||||||
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Mountain Avenue Station | |||||||||||||
 The station depot at Mountain Avenue, constructed by the Erie Railroad. | |||||||||||||
| Location | 451 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′57″N 74°12′21″W / 40.84917°N 74.20583°W | ||||||||||||
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.1 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1893 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | A. Mordercai | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Queen Anne | ||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002654[8] | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Mountain Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in the township of Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey. Serving trains of NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line, Mountain Avenue is one of six stops in the municipality. The next station to the south/east (towards Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station) is Upper Montclair. The next station to the north/west (towards Hackettstown) is Montclair Heights. Mountain Avenue contains two low-level side platforms. The station depot built by the Erie Railroad stands on the inbound platform, offering a waiting room for commuters. Part of the depot is also leased by the municipality for a residence.[9]
Mountain Avenue station debuted with the opening of passenger service on the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad on January 1, 1873. The current station depot opened in 1893, maintaining an agent until 1959.[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource for New Jersey.[8][10]
- ^ "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 "Erie Station Plan Draws Opposition". The Montclair Times. September 24, 1959. p. 23. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) 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.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#84002654)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Weiss, Jennifer (February 13, 2008). "The station agents: Mother, daughter call Montclair depot home". The Star-Ledger. Montclair, New Jersey: Gannett Newspapers. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Meyer, Richard (April 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Avenue Station". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
