Vreeland Avenue (NYS&W station)

Vreeland Avenue
Location	Vreeland Avenue at 21st Avenue Paterson, New Jersey
Owned by	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Line(s)	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	1113 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened	1873
Closed	June 30, 1966
Electrified	Not electrified
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station East Paterson toward Susquehanna Transfer or Pavonia Terminal New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Broadway-Paterson toward Stroudsburg

Vreeland Avenue was railroad station in Paterson, New Jersey served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).^[2] Opened in 1873 by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, it closed in 1966. Other existing original station buildings from the New Jersey Midland can be found at Vreeland Avenue, Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland among other places.^[3]

The location in the People's Park neighborhood is planned station on the proposed Passaic–Bergen Rail Line, a dormant New Jersey Transit Rail Operations project.^[4]

See also

• NYSW-(passenger 1939-1966)
• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
2. Kaminski, Edward S. (2010), NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-7367-0
3. Surviving New Jersey Railroad Stations accessdate 23 October 2016
4. "Passaic-Bergen Passenger Rail Project" (PDF). NJ Transit. 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Coordinates: 40°53′44″N 74°08′12″W / 40.895462°N 74.13674°W

External links

"NY, Susquehanna & Western RR Stations". Flickr. Retrieved 19 February 2016.