Belmar station explained

Belmar
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Belmar Plaza, between 9th and 10th Avenues
Belmar, New Jersey 07719
Coordinates:40.1803°N -74.0275°W
Connections: NJ Transit Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:305 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2012
Opened:September 14, 1875[2]
Former:Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875 - 1889)[3]
Accessible:No
Electrified:No
Owned:NJ Transit
Zone:22
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:12

Belmar is a commuter rail station in the borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Belmar station opened as part of an extension from Asbury Park - Ocean Grove station of the New York and Long Branch Railroad on September 14, 1875, as Ocean Beach station. The name of the station was changed to Belmar when the municipality changed its name from Ocean Beach to Elcho to Belmar in a month's span in 1889.

Station layout

The station has two low-level brick cobblestone side platforms.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . December 27, 2012 . December 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
  2. News: State and County Items . April 5, 2021 . The Matawan Journal . September 18, 1875 . 2. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Another Change in Prospect . April 5, 2021 . The Red Bank Register . May 8, 1889 . 3. Newspapers.com.