Allendale | ||||||||||||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Allendale,_NJ,_train_station.jpg) View from westbound platform to original station building, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°01′51″N 74°07′52″W / 41.0309°N 74.1311°W | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Station code | 2321 (Erie Railroad)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 11 | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 19, 1848[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Closed | c. 1857[4] | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1860;[4] 1870[5] | |||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 423 (average weekday)[6] | |||||||||||||
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Allendale is a NJ Transit rail station served by its Main and Bergen County lines as well as Port Jervis Line trains (operated by NJ Transit for Metro-North Railroad). The station is located at the railroad next to Allendale, Park and Myrtle avenues in Downtown Allendale. The station consists of two low-level platforms serving trains heading between Hoboken Terminal and Suffern. Some westbound trains headed for Port Jervis also stop at Allendale. The station has two ticket vending machines along the inbound platform with three parking lots for commuters. The railroad depot, constructed in 1870, is a combined passenger and freight depot, with a waiting area for passengers at the south end of the building while the northern end is unused.
Service at Allendale began on October 19, 1848, when Joseph Mallinson donated some of his land in the area so the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad could build a depot. Service was ended in 1857 when the depot fell into disrepair, but returned in 1859, when Mallinson repaired the building. A new board and batten station replaced the Mallinson structure in 1870. The station was moved across the tracks to its current location in 1902 due to complaints about its condition. The passenger underpass constructed at Allendale was added in 1939 as part of the removal of several at-grade road crossings in the village.
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Common Council". The New York Herald. October 17, 1848. p. 1. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ramapo and Paterson and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 7, 1848. p. 4. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Wardell 1994, p. 18–27.
- ^ Wardell 1994, p. 28–36.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
