Rowe Street station

Rowe Street
The abandoned Rowe Street station facing eastbound towards Belwood Park in April 2014.
General information
Location	Rowe Street at dead-end in Bloomfield, New Jersey
Owned by	Norfolk Southern
Line(s)	Boonton Line
Platforms	2 ground-level
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1955[1]
Closed	September 20, 2002; 22 years ago (September 20, 2002)[2]
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Benson Street toward Hackettstown Boonton Line Arlington toward Hoboken Boonton Line until April 26, 1986 North Newark toward Hoboken Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Bloomfield toward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Belwood Park toward Jersey City
Location

Rowe Street is an abandoned train station in the town of Bloomfield, New Jersey. The station was a former stop on the Boonton Line, which ran from Hoboken Terminal to Hackettstown, reaching Rowe Street in Bloomfield. The station was constructed by the Erie Railroad in 1955 as a replacement for the Orchard Street station and the former Bloomfield station (at Walnut Street), which was eliminated for construction of the Garden State Parkway. Construction of the new depot began on April 1, 1955 of a 17 by 45 feet (5.2 m × 13.7 m) single-story brick building. The construction of the depot and the 26-space parking lot cost $23,000 (1955 USD).^[3]

Service to Rowe Street lasted for 47 years, until the construction of the Montclair Connection was completed by New Jersey Transit, who had taken over service in 1983. Rowe Street, along with nearby Benson Street (in Glen Ridge) and Arlington (in Kearny), were closed on October 20, 2002 for the new Montclair-Boonton Line.^[2]