Glen Rock–Main Line station explained

Glen Rock
Main Line
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Rock Road at Main Street, Glen Rock, Bergen County, New Jersey 07452
Coordinates:40.9623°N -74.1337°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:190 spaces
Passengers:992 (average weekday, including Boro Hall station)[1]
Pass Year:2012
Opened:October 19, 1848[2] [3]
Rebuilt:November 1905[4]
Code:2311 (Erie Railroad)[5]
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Zone:8
Former:Rock Road[6] [7]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Glen Rock–Main Line is one of two railroad stations operated by New Jersey Transit in the borough of Glen Rock, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States on the Main Line. The station is named Glen Rock–Main Line to differentiate it from the Glen Rock–Boro Hall station, which lies two blocks east on Rock Road (County Route 134).

History

Service at Glen Rock–Main Line began on October 19, 1848, with the opening of the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad, which connected the Erie Railroad at Suffern to the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad in Paterson. At that time, the station was known as Rock Road. The Erie Railroad, who took control of the Paterson and Ramapo, also opened a second station in Glen Rock, known as Ferndale in 1894.[8]

Located at Ferndale Avenue south of the Rock Road station, a railroad terminal was built at Ferndale and served as the yard for the Newark Branch of the Erie in 1902.[9] The Erie discontinued that in 1903 when they finished the yard in Waldwick.[10] The current station depot was finished in November 1905.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. News: Synopsis of Erie History . May 11, 2020 . The Herald-News . April 2, 1963 . . 1, 6. Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, Past and Present. December 1916. Citizens Semi-Centennial Association. Ridgewood, New Jersey. August 20, 2017. 112.
  4. News: Glen Rock Boasts One of the Prettiest of the Main Line of the Erie . June 19, 2020 . The Ridgewood Herald . November 3, 1905 . 1. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: List of Station Names and Numbers. May 1, 1916. Erie Railroad. Jersey City, New Jersey. November 23, 2010.
  6. News: Common Council . June 20, 2020 . . October 17, 1848 . 1. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Ramapo and Paterson and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads . June 20, 2020 . The Evening Post . December 7, 1848 . New York, New York . 4. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: "A boom in real estate..." . June 20, 2020 . The Ridgewood Herald-News . October 26, 1894 . 5. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: North Paterson Erie Terminal . June 20, 2020 . The Paterson News . November 20, 1902 . 1. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Fine for Ridgewood . June 20, 2020 . The Paterson Morning Call . April 11, 1903 . 5. Newspapers.com.