Mountain Avenue station

Mountain Avenue
An afternoon train leaving Mountain Avenue station in February 2015. The 1893 station depot, constructed by the Erie Railroad is on the left.
Coordinates	40°50′56″N 74°12′19″W / 40.8488°N 74.2054°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Montclair-Boonton Line
Platforms	2 low level side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 28 DeCamp: 66
Construction
Parking	23 spots
Bicycle facilities	parking racks
Other information
Station code	1743 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	6
History
Opened	After 1884[2]
Rebuilt	1893
Electrified	September 30, 2002
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	140 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Montclair Heights toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Upper Montclair toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station Upper Montclair toward Pavonia Terminal New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad Montclair Heights toward Sterling Forest
Mountain Avenue Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station depot at Mountain Avenue, constructed by the Erie Railroad.
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
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002654[4]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Mountain Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Montclair in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located on Upper Mountain Avenue, which gives the station its name.

The station is the fifth stop in Montclair along the line heading towards Hackettstown and Dover, and the second heading towards Hoboken Terminal. This station building, constructed in 1893, is used as a private residence, and is on lease from the railway.^[5]

Weekend service is not provided.

Bibliography

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

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. Shaw 1884, p. 100.
3. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
4. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
5. Weiss, Jennifer (February 13, 2008). "The station agents: Mother, daughter call Montclair depot home". The Star-Ledger. Montclair, New Jersey: Gannett Newspapers. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

External links

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

• Station House from Google Maps Street View