Mountain Avenue station

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.

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	40.8488°N 74.2054°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
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	January 1, 1873[2][3][4]
Rebuilt	1893
Electrified	September 30, 2002
Key dates
1959	Station agency closed[5]
Passengers
2017	133 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Montclair Heights toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Upper Montclair toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Montclair Heights toward Wanaque–Midvale or Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Upper Montclair toward Jersey City
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
Area	0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1893
Architect	Mordercai, A.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002654[8]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

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.[9]

Station layout

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

Ground/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	←      Montclair-Boonton Line weekdays toward Montclair University or Hackettstown (Montclair Heights)
	Inbound	←      Montclair-Boonton Line weekdays toward Hoboken or New York (Upper Montclair) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machine and parking

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. 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

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. Catlin 1873, p. 33.
3. Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
4. Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
5. "Erie Station Plan Draws Opposition". The Montclair Times. September 24, 1959. p. 23. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
8. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
9. 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