Watchung Ave. | |||||||||||||||||||
Style: | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
Style2: | NJ Transit BOF | ||||||||||||||||||
Address: | 396 Park Street Montclair, New Jersey 07042 | ||||||||||||||||||
Platform: | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Parking: | 95 permit spots | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle: | No bicycle racks | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened: | January 1, 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt: | March 19, 1901[1] –1904 | ||||||||||||||||||
Electrified: | September 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Code: | 1739 (Erie Railroad)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned: | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
Zone: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Former: | Park Street (January 1, 1873–March 31, 1919[3]) | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers: | 802 (average weekday)[4] [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Pass Year: | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||||||||
Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Watchung Avenue (known as Park Street until April 1, 1919) is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Watchung Avenue, Watchung Plaza, and Park Street in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The Watchung Avenue station is on an elevated embankment between Watchung Plaza and Park Street. The outbound platform faces the plaza, while the inbound platform and the station house are on the Park Street side. The station house has a waiting room with a bathroom and a former post office and ticket booth. Service to and from this station is weekdays (Monday to Friday) only, with all service stopping at intermediate points.[6]
The station's low-level side platforms are not wheelchair accessible.