Watchung Avenue station

Watchung Avenue
Watchung Avenue
	The Watchung Avenue station as a train enters the station
Location	396 Park Street; Montclair, New Jersey, 07042
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 low-level side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 28; DeCamp: 66
Construction
Parking	95 permit spots
Bicycle facilities	No bicycle racks
Other information
Station code	1739 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	January 1, 1873
Rebuilt	March 19, 1901–1904
Electrified	September 30, 2002
Previous names	Park Street (January 1, 1873–March 31, 1919)
Passengers
2017	802 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
	Watchung Avenue Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Watchung Avenue station depot in December 2014.
Location	Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates	40°49′46.56″N 74°12′25.38″W / 40.8296000°N 74.2070500°WCoordinates: 40°49′46.56″N 74°12′25.38″W / 40.8296000°N 74.2070500°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1873
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002674
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Watchung Avenue (known as Park Street until April 1, 1919) is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Watchung Avenue, Watchung Plaza, and Park Street in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The Watchung Avenue station is on an elevated embankment between Watchung Plaza and Park Street. The outbound platform faces the plaza, while the inbound platform and the station house are on the Park Street side. The station house has a waiting room with a bathroom and a former post office and ticket booth. Service to and from this station is weekdays (Monday to Friday) only, with all service stopping at intermediate points.^[10]

Station layout[]

The station's low-level side platforms are not wheelchair accessible.

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

References[]

^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
^ "Watchung is Back Again". The New York Sun. March 31, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
^ Ziobro, Paul A. (April 8, 2004). "Rehab Project Slated for Watchung Station". The Montclair Times. p. A9. Retrieved January 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Montclair-Boonton Line" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Retrieved March 23, 2015.