- Walnut Street (NJT station)
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Walnut Street 
Eastbound platform, the station building is in the background on the leftStation statistics Address 25 Depot Square
Montclair, NJ 07042Coordinates 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 Lines Connections DeCamp: 33 Platforms 2 low level side platforms Tracks 2 Parking 198 spots in 4 lots Bicycle facilities parking rack Other information Opened 1873 Rebuilt 1952 Electrified September 30, 2002 Accessible 
Code 1737[1] Owned by New Jersey Transit Fare zone 5 Formerly Montclair-Erie Plaza Traffic Passengers (2010) 912 (average weekday) 
11.95%Services Preceding station NJ Transit Rail Following station toward HackettstownMontclair-Boonton Line toward Hoboken or New York Penn StationPreceding station Erie Railroad Following station Glen Ridgetoward Pavonia TerminalNew York and Greenwood Lake Railroad Watchung Avenuetoward Sterling ForestWalnut 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.
History
The former Erie Plaza station in Montclair as viewed in 1909. This station was demolished in 1953
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.
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.
External links
Categories:- New Jersey Transit stations
- Montclair, New Jersey
- Railway stations opened in 1873
- Railway stations opened in 1953
- Transportation in Essex County, New Jersey
- Stations along Erie Railroad lines
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