Wood-Ridge station

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Not to be confused with Woodbridge station on the North Jersey Coast Line.
Wood-Ridge
Wood-Ridge station - September 2011.jpg
The Wood-Ridge station in September 2011, from the bridge above the station.
LocationPark Place East (under Route 17 / Moonachie Avenue interchange)
Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075
Coordinates40°50′37″N 74°04′44″W / 40.8437°N 74.0789°W / 40.8437; -74.0789Coordinates: 40°50′37″N 74°04′44″W / 40.8437°N 74.0789°W / 40.8437; -74.0789
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Station code763 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone3[2]
History
OpenedLate 1860[4][5]
Rebuilt1967[6]
Previous namesWoodridge–Moonachie[3]
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agent eliminated[7]
Passengers
2012302 (average weekday)[8]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Teterboro
toward Spring Valley
 Pascack Valley Line Secaucus Junction
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
toward
New Jersey and New York Railroad
toward Jersey City

Wood-Ridge (formerly known as Woodridge–Moonachie[3]) is an NJ Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey and is located at Park Place East, near the intersection of Route 17.

History[]

The station originates back to the 1860s as part of the Hackensack and New York Railroad. The station at Wood-Ridge was soon replaced by a larger building on the opposite side of the tracks until 1967, when a widening of Route 17 caused the need to demolish the station depot. Along with Wood-Ridge, , and Williams Avenue stations were all demolished.[6]

Until 2016, the Wood-Ridge station was the only one to serve the town. This changed when the Wesmont station serving the Bergen County Line opened near Wood-Ridge's border with Wallington.

Station layout[]

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

References[]

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
  4. ^ Lucas, Walter Arndt (1921). "The First Iron Passenger Cards". Bulletin. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 34. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Maple of the Counties of Bergen and Passaic New Jersey From Actual Surveys (Map). Cartography by Griffith Morgan Hopkins, Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: G.H. Corey. 1861. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.
  7. ^ "Ticket Sales at Wood-Ridge Station to End". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. April 21, 1981. p. B4. Retrieved February 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.

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