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Wayne
.Wayne station c. 1907–1912
General information
Location	139 Ryerson Avenue, Wayne, New Jersey
Line(s)	New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	1775
History
Opened	January 1, 1873 (January 1, 1873)
Closed	September 30, 1966 (September 30, 1966)
Rebuilt	1880
Electrified	Not electrified
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Pequannock toward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Mountain View toward Jersey City

Wayne was a former commuter railroad train station in Wayne Township, Passaic County, New Jersey. Located on the former Erie Railroad New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad, the station was one of two in the township for the Erie, located on Ryerson Avenue. The other station in Wayne and next station inbound, was the Mountain View station. The next station to the north was Pequannock. The station consisted of a single low-level side platform and a wooden station depot, constructed in 1880.

Railroad service in Wayne began with the opening of the Montclair Railway on January 1, 1873 between Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City and Monks in West Milford. The station at Ryerson Avenue remained in active service until the Erie Lackawanna Railroad discontinued service on September 30, 1966.

Station layout and services

The site of Wayne station in October 2011, after trees overgrew the right-of-way

Outbound	← Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Wanaque–Midvale (Pequannock)
Inbound	← Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Hoboken (Mountain View) →
Side platform, station depot

Bibliography

• Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham, New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823219544.
• Catlin, George L. (1873). Homes on the Montclair Railway, for New York Business Men. A Description of the Country Adjacent to the Montclair Railway, Between Jersey City and Greenwood Lake. New York, New York: Montclair Railway Company. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
• Whittemore, Henry (1894). History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey: Including the History of Families who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Prosperity. New York, New York: The Suburban Publishing Company. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
• Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1582481830.