Wood-Ridge station
Wood-Ridge | |||||||||||||
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 The Wood-Ridge station in September 2011, from the bridge above the station. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Park Place East (under Route 17 / Moonachie Avenue interchange) Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′37″N 74°04′44″W / 40.8437°N 74.0789°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 763 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3[2] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1967[3] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Woodridge–Moonachie[4] | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| July 1, 1981 | Station agent eliminated[5] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 302 (average weekday)[6] | ||||||||||||
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Wood-Ridge (formerly known as Woodridge–Moonachie[4]) is a NJ Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey and is located at Park Place East, near the intersection of Route 17.
History
The station originates back to the 1860s as part of the Hackensack and New York Railroad. The station at Wood-Ridge was soon replaced by a larger building on the opposite side of the tracks until 1967, when a widening of Route 17 caused the need to demolish the station depot. Along with Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt, Hasbrouck Heights and Williams Avenue stations were all demolished.[3]
Until 2016, the Wood-Ridge station was the only one to serve the town. This changed when the Wesmont station serving the Bergen County Line opened near Wood-Ridge's border with Wallington.
Station layout
The station has one track and one low-level side platform.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Street level | Station building, ticket machines, parking |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Track 1 | ← Pascack Valley Line toward Spring Valley (Teterboro) Pascack Valley Line toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) → | |
References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.
- ^ a b Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
- ^ "Ticket Sales at Wood-Ridge Station to End". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. April 21, 1981. p. B4. Retrieved February 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
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