Mountain Avenue station

40°50′56″N 74°12′19″W / 40.8488°N 74.2054°W / 40.8488; -74.2054Owned byNew Jersey TransitPlatforms2 low level side platformsTracks2Connections NJT Bus: 28ConstructionParking23 spotsBicycle facilitiesparking racksOther informationStation code1743 (Erie Railroad)^[1]Fare zone6HistoryOpenedJanuary 1, 1873^[2][3][4]Rebuilt1893ElectrifiedSeptember 30, 2002Key dates1959Station agency closed^[5]Passengers2017133 (average weekday)^[6][7] Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Montclair Heights toward Hackettstown		Montclair-Boonton Line weekdays		Upper Montclair toward New York or Hoboken

Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Montclair Heights toward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Upper Montclair toward Jersey City

Location451 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair, New JerseyCoordinates40°50′57″N 74°12′21″W / 40.84917°N 74.20583°W / 40.84917; -74.20583Area0.3 acres (0.1 ha)Built1893ArchitectA. MordercaiArchitectural styleQueen AnneMPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TRNRHP reference No.84002654^[8]Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984

Location

Mountain Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in the township of Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey. Serving trains of NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line, Mountain Avenue is one of six stops in the municipality. The next station to the south/east (towards Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station) is Upper Montclair. The next station to the north/west (towards Hackettstown) is Montclair Heights. Mountain Avenue contains two low-level side platforms. The station depot built by the Erie Railroad stands on the inbound platform, offering a waiting room for commuters. Part of the depot is also leased by the municipality for a residence.^[9]

Mountain Avenue station debuted with the opening of passenger service on the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad on January 1, 1873. The current station depot opened in 1893, maintaining an agent until 1959.^[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource for New Jersey.^[8][10]

Station layout

The station's low-level side platforms are not wheelchair accessible. Weekend service is not provided.

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.
• Shaw, William H. (1884). History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Vol. 2. Essex County, New Jersey: Everts & Peck.
• 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 February 6, 2020.

References

External links

• Media related to Mountain Avenue (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station House from Google Maps Street View