Woodcliff Lake is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located at the junction of Woodcliff Avenue (County Route 90) and Broadway (County Route 104) on the edge of the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir, the station is served by trains of New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line. The station, which contains a single track and low-level side platform, is not accessible per handicapped persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. As of November 8, 2020, Woodcliff Lake is serviced seven days a week by New Jersey Transit trains, having previously only been a single train on weekends and holidays up to that point.[6]
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 Woodcliff Lake station facing southbound along the tracks in April 2018 after restoration. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Woodcliff Avenue at Broadway Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°01′16″N 74°02′27″W / 41.0211°N 74.0408°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes (permit required) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | no | ||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 793 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 27, 1871[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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| December 1960 | Original station razed[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 108 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||||||
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History
editRailroad service through Woodcliff Lake began on May 27, 1871 when the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad introduced service north from Hillsdale to Nanuet, New York. At that time, a station in the area was known as Pascack.[7][8] The former station depot at Woodcliff Lake, in deplorable condition for multiple years attached to the existing depot, came down in December 1960 to be replaced by a police station outpost and improved parking for commuters.[4]
Station layout
editThe station has one track and one low-level side platform.
Permit parking is operated by the Borough of Woodcliff Lake. A single permit parking lot, with 60 parking spots is available.
References
edit- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Adriance, Tim (Spring 2018). "A History of Bergen County Railroads". Autumn Years. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 46. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "Station Demolition Begun in Borough". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New York. December 1, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "NJ Transit Enhances Weekend Rail Service at Select Stations" (Press release). NJ Transit. November 5, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ Map of the Railroads of New Jersey and Parts of Adjoining States (Map). Cartography by J. A. Anderson. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. L. Smith. 1873. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "The Evangelist Departs". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 26, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved August 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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