Upper Montclair station

Upper Montclair
Upper Montclair station in April 2014. The new station, rebuilt from the 2006 fire, is visible on the right side of the platforms.
General information
Location275 Bellevue Avenue
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 low level side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 28, 101
Construction
Parking111 spots in 2 lots
Bicycle facilitiesParking racks
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code1741 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone5
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1873[2][3][4]
Rebuilt1892,[5] 2010[6]
ElectrifiedSeptember 30, 2002[7]
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agency closed[8]
February 5, 2006Depot caught fire[9]
Passengers
2017619 (average weekday)[10][11]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Avenue
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
weekdays
 Watchung Avenue
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Mountain Avenue
toward Sterling Forest
 New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Watchung Avenue
toward Jersey City
Upper Montclair Station
The Porte Cochere of the station house, which burned down except this part
Area0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectThomas C. Veale
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002673[12]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

Upper Montclair is a New Jersey Transit station in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, a census-designated place of Montclair, New Jersey. The station is part of the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located between two grade level crossings on Bellevue Avenue and Lorraine Avenue, and between North Mountain Avenue and Upper Montclair Plaza parallel to the railroad, and is within steps of the Upper Montclair Business District. The station is 13.7 miles (22.0 km) on the Boonton Line. Closing the grade crossing of Lorraine Avenue is being considered for safety reasons.

Upper Montclair is the fourth of six stops in Montclair the train makes coming northbound on the line, and the third as one comes southbound. It is 9 stations away from New York, and 8 from Hoboken. A stream, Toney's Brook has its source just to the northwest of the station and separates the northbound platform from the parking lots on either side of the tracks. Across the street from the station is Anderson Park.

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
  3. ^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
  4. ^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
  5. ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 70. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
  6. ^ Corbett, Nic (June 20, 2010). "Montclair train station reopens with new restaurant, waiting area". The Star-Ledger. Gannett Newspapers. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  7. ^ "The Montclair-Boonton Line" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. September 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Township's Position Clairified on Railroad Property Proposals". The Montclair Times. June 18, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "Fire Damages Restaurant at Train Station". The Star-Ledger. Newark, New Jersey. February 6, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  11. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  12. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.