Verona station (Erie Railroad)

Verona
The Verona station as viewed in 1909, four years after the station from Caldwell was moved to Verona for use. The still-standing freight depot is present.
General information
Location	62 Depot Street (at Personette Street), Verona, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°50′15″N 74°15′09″W / 40.83759°N 74.25263°W / 40.83759; -74.25263
Owned by	Caldwell Railway (1891–1896) New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad (1896–1943) Erie Railroad (1943–1960) Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976)
Line(s)	Caldwell Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	1753[1]
History
Opened	June 20, 1891 (formal opening)[2] July 4, 1891 (passenger opening)[2]
Closed	September 30, 1966[3]
Rebuilt	1905, 1962
Key dates
January 9, 1905	First depot caught fire[4]
April 1, 1962	Second depot arsoned[5]
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Caldwell toward Essex Fells Caldwell Branch Overbrook toward Great Notch

Verona station was a station on the Caldwell Branch of the Erie Railroad in Verona, New Jersey. The station was originally constructed in 1891 at the intersection of Depot Street and Personette Street by the Caldwell Railway, which was soon merged into the Erie Railroad system. The station burned down twice: the 1891 station depot burned down in 1905, and the second station survived until April 1, 1962, when arsonists destroyed it.

However, the freight station built in 1891, a one-room shed, remained standing between both burnings, and although passenger service on the Caldwell Branch ended on October 3, 1966 (and the tracks removed in 1979), the freight station in Verona is the only remaining structure left of the entire line. In 2010, the town of Verona proposed to restore the old freight shed, which stands along the right-of-way as a one-room museum. Also that year, the shed was added as the first of Verona's local landmarks by its historical commission.