Delawanna station explained

Delawanna
Style:NJ Transit
Coordinates:40.8317°N -74.1314°W
Other:NJT Bus
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:142 spaces
Passengers:645 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2018
Opened:September 12, 1870 (freight service)[2]
December 14, 1870 (passenger service)
Rebuilt:1925
Zone:3
Years1:May 4, 1970
Events1:Westbound station razed[3]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Delawanna is a commuter rail station for New Jersey Transit in the Delawanna section of Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey. The station, located at the intersection of Delawanna Avenue (Passaic County Route 610) and Oak Street (County Route 605), serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Main Line, serving Hoboken Terminal on the east end and Suffern and Port Jervis stations on the west end in New York. Delawanna station has two low-level side platforms with a shelter on the inbound side, lacking access for the physically disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Service to Delawanna, a portmanteau of Delaware and Lackawanna, began on September 12, 1870, for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch for freights. Passenger service began on December 14, 1870. The station depot was replaced in 1925 on the westbound side when the tracks were elevated through Clifton. That structure came down on May 14, 1970, after years of neglect.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. A large parking lot is available on Delawanna Avenue for riders.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kiefer . Eric . 21 February 2018 . Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations . patch.com . 13 September 2022.
  2. Arch . Brad . The Morris and Essex Railroad . Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society . January 1982 . X . 1 . 4–8 . April 14, 2020.
  3. News: Delawanna Station to be Razed May 4 . March 13, 2019 . The Herald-News . April 17, 1970 . Passaic, New Jersey . 20. Newspapers.com.