Montclair State University station

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Montclair State University Station
at Little Falls
MSU station.JPG
Montclair State University station parking deck
Coordinates40°52′10″N 74°11′51″W / 40.8695°N 74.1975°W / 40.8695; -74.1975Coordinates: 40°52′10″N 74°11′51″W / 40.8695°N 74.1975°W / 40.8695; -74.1975
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 high level island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsShuttle Bus MSU campus shuttles
Construction
Parking1530 spots
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone6
History
OpenedApril 28, 2003 (unofficial)[1]
October 20, 2004 (official)[2]
Electrifiedyes
Passengers
2017583 (average weekday)[3][4]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Little Falls
limited service
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
weekdays
 Montclair Heights
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Montclair State University, signed as Montclair State University Station at Little Falls, is a NJ Transit rail station in the Great Notch area of Little Falls, New Jersey on the Montclair-Boonton Line.[5]

History[]

The station, which opened on October 20, 2004, is located on Clove Road near Route 46 and the Montclair State University campus,[2] and was built at a cost of US$26 million,[6] following the completion of the Montclair Connection. Although the station itself was not officially open, a temporary platform was built to allow the under-construction station to serve one of its main purposes as the Montclair-Boonton Line's primary transfer station.

Station layout and service[]

The Montclair State University station platform has screens which relate the departure and arrival times and destinations of trains.
The parking garage as seen from the platform.

The station has two tracks and one sheltered, high-level island platform with an elevated walkway over the tracks connecting it to the parking deck and the college campus. The station is equipped with ticket machines and DepartureVision monitors displaying arrivals and departures. It is accessible as the platform is fully elevated and elevators are available in addition to stairs. The station was intended to be a park-and-ride, near a highway and with a large parking deck.

There is no connecting bus service directly to the station, as the university's bus stop is on the opposite side of campus near the Montclair Heights station. Campus shuttles, however, do serve the station.

On weekdays, every train on the Montclair-Boonton Line stops here. Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station terminates here, as the line west of the nearby yard is not electrified. The station is a major transfer point for riders because many trains terminate here, it is the first station on the line with service to New York Penn Station, and it is the first local stop of express trains.

Although the Montclair-Boonton Line recently[when?] added weekend service, Montclair State University is not served on weekends as Bay Street is the weekend terminus for trains to and from Hoboken.[7]

M Overpass Connection between platform and parking
P
Platform level 		Outbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Little Falls)
←      Montclair-Boonton Line termination track
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Inbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line weekdays toward Hoboken or New York (Montclair Heights) →

References[]

  1. ^ "Rail Schedules to Change". The Montclair Times. April 24, 2003. p. A2. Retrieved May 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ a b "Montclair State University Station And 1,500-Spot Parking Deck Officially Opens: "See More Spots" marketing campaign begins". New Jersey Transit. October 20, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "Station Information: Montclair State University". New Jersey Transit. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  6. ^ "NJ Transit Awards Contract For New Train Station At Montclair State University: $26 Million Project will Support New Direct Rail Service to New York". New Jersey Transit. June 12, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2009. The NJ Transit Board of Directors today awarded a $26 million contract to Prismatic Development Corporation of Plainfield, NJ, to design and build a new station, a 1,300-space parking facility and traffic improvements near Montclair State University (MSU) on the Boonton Line in Little Falls.
  7. ^ "Montclair-Booton Line Extends its Trail: MSU Not on the Stop List". The Montclarion (MSU newspaper). January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.

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