Walnut Street (NJT station)
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 Eastbound platform, the station building is in the background on the left |
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| Address | 25 Depot Square Montclair, NJ 07042 |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′02″N 74°12′35″W / 40.8173°N 74.2098°WCoordinates: 40°49′02″N 74°12′35″W / 40.8173°N 74.2098°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  DeCamp: 33 |
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| Platforms | 2 low level side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 198 spots in 4 lots | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | parking rack | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | 1737[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Formerly | Montclair-Erie Plaza | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 912 (average weekday)  11.95% |
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Walnut Street is a New Jersey Transit station on Walnut Street at Depot Square in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. This is the most used station on the Montclair-Boonton Line.
Walnut Street is the second or fifth (depending the station of origin) of six stops that are in Montclair along the Montclair Branch section of the Montclair-Boonton line. It gets its name from the street that crosses the railroad tracks next to the station. It has a farmers' market in its parking lot during from the summer to the early fall. The station has a restaurant, the "Erie Saloon" in the station house.
[edit] History
Built in 1873 by the Montclair Railway, the station was the Erie Railroad's main station in Montclair. The station was formerly known as Erie Plaza. It is located at the corner of Walnut Street and Depot Square, and is in the Walnut street business district.[2] In 1953, the current building was erected and the old station was demolished. In 1973 a freight train derailed at the station. The Montclair Connection, which merged the Montclair Branch and the Boonton Line, is a few streets after the station.
[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.
- ^ Walnut Street, New Jersey Transit, accessed April 27, 2007.
