Wayne Route 23 | |||||||||||
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 Wayne Route 23 Transit Center's rail platform | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°53′57″N 74°15′22″W / 40.8993°N 74.2561°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 194, 198, 324, 748 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 1100 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 9 (train)[1] and 6 (bus) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 12, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 106 (average weekday)[2][3] | ||||||||||
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The Wayne Route 23 Transit Center is a mass transportation hub located in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. Operated by NJ Transit, the complex consists of two major components. One is a bus terminal that provides service to Port Authority Bus Terminal, Newark Penn Station, and intermediate points in the surrounding area. The other is a train platform that is connected to the Montclair-Boonton Line and offers service to Hoboken Terminal, connecting service to New York Penn Station, and local service to points between Montclair State University and Hackettstown.[4] It is located off of the southbound lanes of New Jersey Route 23 on West Belt Road, near the interchange where Route 23, I-80, and US 46 meet, across from the Willowbrook Mall. The station opened in January 2008 and has 1,000 parking spaces.[5]
New Jersey Transit intends for this combined rail and bus station to become an "interceptor station," that will help relieve the habitual congestion at the West Belt Road Interchange, where the three major highways meet. In addition, the construction of the station was meant also to ease congestion at what was then Route 23 Park & Ride, a bus depot on Route 23 North that has since been renamed Mother's Park & Ride, and the Willowbrook Mall Park & Ride; the now-Mother's site had limited parking while NJT was having trouble with overfull parking areas at Willowbrook.
- ^ "Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ Description of Wayne-Route 23 Park and Ride project from njtransit.com
- ^ New Wayne/Route 23 Transit Center Opens January 12, 2008