Upper Montclair station
Upper Montclair is a New Jersey Transit station in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, a census-designated place of Montclair, New Jersey. The station is part of the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located between two grade level crossings on Bellevue Avenue and Lorraine Avenue, and between North Mountain Avenue and Upper Montclair Plaza parallel to the railroad, and is within steps of the Upper Montclair Business District. The station is 13.7 miles (22.0 km) on the Boonton Line. Closing the grade crossing of Lorraine Avenue is being considered for safety reasons.
Upper Montclair | |||||||||||||
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Upper Montclair station in April 2014. The new station, rebuilt from the 2006 fire, is visible on the right side of the platforms. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 275 Bellevue Avenue Upper Montclair, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low level side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 28, 101 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 111 spots in 2 lots | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Parking racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1741 (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1892, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||
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| July 1, 1981 | Station agency closed | ||||||||||||
| February 5, 2006 | Depot caught fire | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 619 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Upper Montclair Station | |||||||||||||
The Porte Cochere of the station house, which burned down except this part | |||||||||||||
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.2 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1892 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Thomas C. Veale | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Renaissance | ||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002673 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Upper Montclair is the fourth of six stops in Montclair the train makes coming northbound on the line, and the third as one comes southbound. It is 9 stations away from New York, and 8 from Hoboken. A stream, Toney's Brook has its source just to the northwest of the station and separates the northbound platform from the parking lots on either side of the tracks. Across the street from the station is Anderson Park.