| West Arlington | |
| Style: | Erie Railroad |
| Coordinates: | 40.7761°N -74.1493°W |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 2 main line |
| Opened: | January 1, 1873 |
| Closed: | September 30, 1966 |
| Rebuilt: | 1895 |
| Code: | 1703[1] |
| Owned: | Erie Railroad (1873 - 1960) Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960 - 1966) |
| Former: | Kearny (January 1, 1873 -) |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
West Arlington was a former commuter railroad train station in the Arlington section of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located overlooking Passaic Avenue (Hudson County Route 699), West Arlington station was one of two in Kearny on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad, the other one being Arlington at Garafola Place. The station contained two low-level side platforms, with a pair of depots, one of which was on each platform. Trains went from Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Wanaque–Midvale station in Wanaque. The next station to the west was North Newark, across nearby WR Draw, a swing bridge over the Route 21, the Passaic River and Passaic Avenue.
West Arlington station opened on January 1, 1873 with the opening of the Montclair Railway between Jersey City and Monks in West Milford in Passaic County. At the time of opening, the station retained the name of Kearny. The station was located at the end of a cut, 0.5miles west of Arlington station. West Arlington station, which doubled as the control tower for nearby WR Draw, served passenger trains until September 30, 1966, when the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad discontinued passenger service to the station after a final Caldwell Branch train crossed. The station depot on the eastbound platform remained, standing abandoned until it burned down in 1983.
| Ground/ Platform level | Side platform | ||
| Outbound | ← Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Wanaque–Midvale (North Newark) | ||
| width=100 | Inbound | width=650 | Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Hoboken (Arlington) → |
| Side platform, station depot |
When the station opened with the Montclair Railway on January 1, 1873, then-Kearny station operated with 15 trains daily. At the end of service in 1966, West Arlington station serviced only three trains on weekdays. The single eastbound train, which ran to Hoboken Terminal, arrived at 7:53 a.m. on a train from Essex Fells on the Caldwell Branch. West Arlington had two westbound trains from Hoboken, train 1415, which went to Essex Fells, stopping at 5:57 p.m. The other was a train to Wanaque–Midvale, train 1419, which arrived at 6:30 p.m.[3]