Montvale station
Montvale | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Montvale station as seen from Railroad Avenue at the station depot and mini-high level platform. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | East Grand Avenue (CR 94) between Railroad Avenue and Kinderkamack Road (CR 503), Montvale, Bergen County, New Jersey 07645 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′26″N 74°01′45″W / 41.0405°N 74.0292°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Rockland Coaches: 11 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (permit required) | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | 797 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | May 27, 1871[2] | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| October 11, 1921 | Station depot exploded[3] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 152 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Montvale is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Montvale, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located in the middle of an active road junction of East Grand Avenue (County Route 94) and Kinderkamack Road (County Route 503), the station serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line, serving as the first/last stop in New Jersey. North of Montvale, all stations to the north are in New York, with the next in Pearl River, while from the south, the rest are in New Jersey on the way to Hoboken Terminal, with the next stop in Park Ridge. The station consists of one low-level side platform with a mini-high-level platform to service handicapped customers under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Railroad service in Montvale began on May 27, 1871, when railroad service from Hillsdale was extended to the junction with the Erie Railroad Piermont Branch at Nanuet on the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad. The original station depot at Montvale exploded on October 11, 1921 when a local pyrotechnic lit the station and a nearby real estate office on fire that morning, resulting in complete demolition of the building.[3]
Station layout
The station has one track and one low-level side platform.
Permit parking is operated by the Borough of Montvale. There are three permit parking lots available, with 60, 11 and 139 parking spots, respectively.
References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Adriance, Tim (Spring 2018). "A History of Bergen County Railroads". Autumn Years. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 46. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "Montvale Depot and Office Blown Up by Bombing Firebug". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. October 11, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric. "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
Media related to Montvale (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Station from Kinderkamack Road from Google Maps Street View
  | This New Jersey train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |