- Mountain Avenue (NJT station)
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Mountain Avenue 
Mountain Avenue Station platform and buildingStation statistics Coordinates 40°50′56″N 74°12′19″W / 40.8488°N 74.2054°W Lines Montclair-Boonton
Connections NJT Bus: 28
DeCamp 66Platforms 2 low level side platforms Tracks 2 Parking 23 spots Bicycle facilities parking racks Other information Opened 1873 Rebuilt 1893 Electrified 30 September 2002 Code 1743 (Erie Railroad)[1] Owned by New Jersey Transit Fare zone 6 Traffic Passengers (2010) 119 (average weekday) 
10.08%Services Preceding station NJ Transit Rail Following station toward HackettstownMontclair-Boonton Line toward Hoboken or New York Penn StationPreceding station Erie Railroad Following station Upper Montclairtoward Pavonia TerminalNew York and Greenwood Lake Railroad Montclair Heightstoward Sterling ForestMountain Avenue Station
Location: 451 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair, New Jersey Coordinates: 40°50′57″N 74°12′21″W / 40.84917°N 74.20583°WCoordinates: 40°50′57″N 74°12′21″W / 40.84917°N 74.20583°W Area: 0.3 acres (0.1 ha) Built: 1893 Architect: Mordercai,A. Architectural style: Queen Anne Governing body: State MPS: Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR NRHP Reference#: 84002654[2] Added to NRHP: June 22, 1984 Mountain Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station's name derives from Upper Mountain Avenue, the street on which the station is located.
The station is the fifth stop in Montclair along the line heading towards Hackettstown and Dover, and the second heading towards Hoboken. This station building, constructed in 1893, is used as a private residence, and is on lease from the railway.[3]
Weekend service is not provided.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Weiss, Jennifer (February 13, 2008). "The station agents: Mother, daughter call Montclair depot home". The Star-Ledger (Montclair, New Jersey: Gannett Newspapers). http://www.nj.com/homegarden/design/index.ssf/2008/02/the_station_agents.html. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
External Links
- NJT rail station information page for Mountain Avenue
- DepartureVision real time train information for Mountain Avenue
- Montclair-Boonton Line schedule
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
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- Montclair, New Jersey
- Transportation in Essex County, New Jersey
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Upper Montclair, New Jersey
- Stations along Erie Railroad lines
- Queen Anne architecture in New Jersey
- Buildings and structures completed in 1893
- New Jersey railway station stubs
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