Haskell station

Haskell
The site of Haskell station in April 2018, facing the former Doty Road crossing.
General information
Location	Doty Road at Greenwood Avenue, Haskell, Wanaque, New Jersey 07420
Coordinates	41°01′45″N 74°17′56″W / 41.029221°N 74.298938°W / 41.029221; -74.298938
Line(s)	New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	1787[1]
History
Opened	c. 1909[2]
Closed	September 30, 1966; 57 years ago (September 30, 1966)[3]
Rebuilt	1916[4] 1952
Electrified	Not electrified
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Wanaque–Midvale toward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Pompton Junction toward Jersey City

Haskell was a former commuter railroad station in the Haskell section of Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Located at the Doty Road grade crossing in Wanaque, trains operated on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railway between Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City and Wanaque–Midvale station. The next station to the north was Wanaque–Midvale while the next station to the south from c. 1909–1930 was Pompton Junction. Afterwards, the next stop was Pompton–Riverdale. Haskell station consisted of a single low-level side platform and a three-sided shelter for protection.^[4]

Rail service in Haskell began on January 1, 1873 with the introduction of the Montclair Railway between Pavonia Terminal and Monks station in West Milford. However, Haskell was not an original station, with the two stops in Wanaque being at the crossing of modern County Route 511 known as Wanaque and the station in Midvale. With the establishment of a workers community for the DuPont smokeless powder plant in Wanaque, rail service began operating a stop known as Haskell c. 1909. In 1913, after some political wrangling, the Erie were forced to build a proper station depot, which came in 1916. Just 34 years later, fighting began between Wanaque and the railroad about demolishing the depot, resulting in a fight between August 1950 and March 1952, when the sides agreed to a deal. The railroad replaced the stucco station depot with a three-sided station shelter from Harrison. Service ended on September 30, 1966.