Bloomfield station explained
Bloomfield station should not be confused with Bloomfield Avenue station.
| Bloomfield |
| Style: | NJ Transit |
| Style2: | NJ Transit BOF |
| Coordinates: | 40.7928°N -74.2001°W |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Passengers: | 1,537 (average weekday)[1] [2] |
| Pass Year: | 2017 |
| Opened: | 1855[3] |
| Rebuilt: | 1912 |
| Electrified: | September 3, 1930[4] |
| Accessible: | No |
| Code: | 603 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[5] |
| Zone: | 4 |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Nrhp: | | Embed: | yes | | Bloomfield Station | | Location: | Washington St. and Glenwood Ave., Bloomfield, New Jersey | | Coordinates: | 40.7925°N -74.2008°W | | Built: | 1912 | | Architect: | Nies, Frank J. | | Architecture: | Proto-Modern | | Added: | June 22, 1984 | | Area: | 2acres | | Refnum: | 84002631 |
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| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 12 |
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Bloomfield is a New Jersey Transit station in Bloomfield, New Jersey, located along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located in downtown Bloomfield, the second within the municipality, just west of Bloomfield Avenue. This is the second station within the township served on the line after Watsessing Avenue station.
History
The current Glen Ridge, Bloomfield and Watsessing Avenue stations along the Montclair Branch were all built in 1912 during a grade separation program by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[6] Bloomfield Station has been on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places since March 17, 1984[7] and the National Register of Historic Places since June 22, 1984[8] and as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
The station is the centerpiece of a plan to revitalize Bloomfield's central business district which has been designated a transit-oriented development (TOD) transit village.[9] [10] The former headhouse is privately owned but has not been redeveloped. In 2011, the owner announced they would sell the building, enabling the town to influence future plans.[11] [12]
Bloomfield station is the terminus of the go bus 28, one of the first lines to use bus rapid transit in New Jersey, making limited stops through Newark to Newark Liberty International Airport.[13]
Station layout
The station has two ticket machines on the eastbound platform (to Newark and New York). The low-level side platforms are not accessible.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . January 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
- News: Kiefer. Eric. February 21, 2018. How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?. Hoboken Patch. 2018-07-18. en.
- News: Bloomfield Avenue Once a Toll Road and an Important Stagecoach Route . June 19, 2019 . The Montclair Times . February 9, 1940 . Montclair, New Jersey . 18. Newspapers.com.
- News: D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair . January 31, 2021 . The Madison Eagle . September 5, 1930 . 6. Newspapers.com.
- List of Station Numbers . . 1952 . 2 .
- Book: Yanosey, Robert J.. Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Morning Sun Books Inc.. Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 2007. 1: Hoboken to Dover. 978-1-58248-214-9. 102.
- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County. 1. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office. July 25, 2010. April 1, 2010.
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Essex/state.html Essex County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #84002631)
- Web site: FAQ . Transit Village Initiative . NJDOT . July 9, 2015 . 27 December 2015.
- News: Transit-Oriented Development . NJDOT . 25 December 2015.
- News: Frankl . Jell . Developer backs off from Bloomfield train station . The Record/Bloomfield Life . September 13, 2011 . 2011-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121002061146/http://www.northjersey.com/news/transportation/129696248_Developer_backs_off_from_Bloomfield_s_train_station.html . October 2, 2012 .
- News: Lee . Eunice . Bloomfield sheds reputation for stalled redevelopment projects as buildings rise . The Star-Ledger . November 10, 2013 . 8 January 2015.
- Web site: go bus 28 . New Jersey Transit . 2012-04-30 . March 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327200747/http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To . dead .
