User:Mitchazenia/Cedar Grove station (Erie Railroad)

CEDAR GROVE
Cedar Grove station in 1909.
General information
Location641 Pompton Avenue (Route 23), Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey 07009
Coordinates40°51′17″N 74°13′48″W / 40.854846°N 74.230054°W / 40.854846; -74.230054
Line(s)Caldwell Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code1749[1]
History
OpenedJune 20, 1891 (formal opening)[2]
July 4, 1891 (passenger opening)[2]
ClosedSeptember 30, 1966[3]
Previous namesCedar Grove Centre (1891–1908)
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Verona Caldwell Branch Great Notch
Terminus
Overbrook

Cedar Grove was the first/last commuter railroad station of the Erie Railroad's Caldwell Branch. Located on an overpass next to Route 23 in the borough of Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Service through Cedar Grove went west to Essex Fells station in the eponymous township and to the east to Great Notch station in Little Falls. At Great Notch, service connected to the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, which provided connections to Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City until 1958 and Hoboken Terminal until 1966.

Service in Cedar Grove began with the construction of the Caldwell Railway in 1891. Service began on July 4, 1891 in the Cedar Grove area, then a section of Verona Township. As a result, the station was known as Cedar Grove Centre. When the borough of Cedar Grove forked from Verona Township, the name was changed to Cedar Grove. There also was a station on the New York and Greenwood Lake at Little Falls Road. Service ran until September 30, 1966, when the Erie Lackawanna Railroad terminated service.

History

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Bibliography

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  • Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. Volume 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-58248-183-0. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

References

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  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Eagle Feathers". The Madison Eagle. June 26, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ Yanosey 2006, p. 60.