Ridgewood (NJT station)
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 Ridgewood station in November 2011, after construction of the high-level platforms had been completed, and the station's easternmost platform, the original towards Port Jervis has been closed off with fencing. |
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| Coordinates | 40°58′51″N 74°07′14″W / 40.9807°N 74.1205°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  NJT Bus 163, 164, 175, 722, 746, 752(all connections two blocks away at Van Neste Square; several of those routes have connections at the station on Godwin Avenue) |
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| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | 2315 (Erie Railroad)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 9[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,453 (average weekday)  7.78% |
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Ridgewood Station is a major New Jersey Transit rail station hub. It is located in downtown Ridgewood, New Jersey, and divides the downtown area in half.
Ridgewood is serviced by the NJT Main Line as well as the Bergen County Line. The station features three platforms. Track 1 is for all trains heading to Hoboken Terminal and intermediate points on the Main and Bergen lines and is located adjacent to a portion of Godwin Avenue known as Garber Square. Track 2, the middle of the three platforms, is for Bergen County Line trains headed for points north, as well as express trains to Port Jervis and freighters, and Track 3 is for Main Line trains headed towards Waldwick, Suffern and Port Jervis and is adjacent to South Broad Street between East Ridgewood Avenue and Franklin Avenue. Many Bergen County Line trains also use Track 3. Underpasses beneath the tracks and beneath a bridge on Franklin Avenue connect the two tracks. The Erie Railroad built Ridgewood station in 1916 as a grade-separated elevated station.
If riders on the Main Line or Bergen County line want to go to a station that isn't on their line (for instance, from Passaic to Radburn, etc.) Ridgewood is one of two transfer options presented at the time of ticket purchase (Secaucus Junction is the other) and is widely used for that purpose.
Ridgewood Station is currently undergoing a major renovation project in which high-level platforms are being installed. This will allow for easier boarding, as customers will be able to walk directly onto the train from the platform instead of having to climb into the train cars using their steps, as well as make Ridgewood station handicap accessible.[5] As of August 2010 the Hoboken-bound platform has been raised to high-level and the handicap-accessible ramp has been opened. The middle platform is approximately 50 percent complete and appears to be constructed as an island platform. The platform on Track 3 has yet to be reconstructed. When completed, Ridgewood Station will become one of six stations (not counting the transfer platforms at Secaucus and Hoboken) that will be handicap-accessible; both stations in Ramsey, Boro Hall Station in Glen Rock, Paterson Station, and Rutherford Station are Main/Bergen line stations that are currently accessible. When Plauderville Station in Garfield is completed, that will make it seven.
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[edit] References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/erie_docs/erie-losn16.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0020.pdf. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 17. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ "NJ Transit Begins to Improve Ridgewood Station" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. 2009-02-24. http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2488. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
[edit] External links
Media related to Ridgewood (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- NJT rail station information page for Ridgewood
- DepartureVision real time train information for Ridgewood
- Main Line/Bergen County Line/Port Jervis Line schedule
- Franklin Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
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