West Arlington | |||||||||||
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 The former station depot and tower at West Arlington, facing the cut. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | North Midland Avenue Kearny, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′34″N 74°08′57″W / 40.7761°N 74.1493°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Erie Railroad (1873–1960) Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960–1966) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 main line | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 1703[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1895 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kearny (January 1, 1873–)[4] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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West Arlington was a former commuter railroad train station in the Arlington section of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located overlooking Passaic Avenue (Hudson County Route 699), West Arlington station was one of two in Kearny on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad, the other one being Arlington at Garafola Place. The station contained two low-level side platforms, with a pair of depots, one of which was on each platform. Trains went from Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Wanaque–Midvale station in Wanaque. The next station to the west was North Newark, across nearby WR Draw, a swing bridge over the Route 21, the Passaic River and Passaic Avenue.
West Arlington station opened on January 1, 1873 with the opening of the Montclair Railway between Jersey City and Monks in West Milford in Passaic County. At the time of opening, the station retained the name of Kearny.[4] The station was located at the end of a cut, 0.5-mile (0.80 km) west of Arlington station.[5] West Arlington station, which doubled as the control tower for nearby WR Draw, served passenger trains until September 30, 1966, when the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad discontinued passenger service to the station after a final Caldwell Branch train crossed.[3] The station depot on the eastbound platform remained, standing abandoned until it burned down in 1983.
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
- ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
- ^ a b Yanosey 2006, p. 66.
- ^ a b Catlin 1873, p. 11.
- ^ Catlin 1873, p. 15.