Little Falls station

Little Falls
Little Falls
	Little Falls station building in September 2014 facing eastbound towards Great Notch.
General information
Location	Union Avenue, Little Falls, New Jersey 07424
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 revenue track and 1 siding
Connections	NJT Bus: 11, 191, 704, and 705; (on Main Street)
Construction
Parking	194 parking spaces
Bicycle facilities	Lockers available
Other information
Station code	1765 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone	8
History
Opened	January 1, 1873
Rebuilt	1915
Electrified	Not electrified
Passengers
2017	165 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
Location
Location

40°52′50″N 74°14′07″W / 40.88056°N 74.23528°W / 40.88056; -74.23528

Little Falls station is a NJ Transit station located at Union Avenue in Little Falls, New Jersey. The station, on the Montclair-Boonton Line is the first to receive limited revenue service due to the end of electrification at the site of the former Great Notch station.

History

The station is located along the Montclair-Boonton Line, a former alignment of the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL), run by the Erie Railroad. The line ran from the Erie's Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Sterling Forest station on the New Jersey / New York state line. The station was the second of three built in Little Falls, the others being Great Notch station in the Great Notch district and the Singac station.^[8] The current railroad depot, a one-story brick structure, was built by the Erie in 1915.

The Greenwood Lake Line was cut back to Wanaque–Midvale station in 1935 and then cut entirely in 1966, but service on this portion of the line was transferred to the newly created Boonton Line, a mix of the New York and Greenwood Lake and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch. In 1983, seven years after the death of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, (after which service had been provided by Conrail), New Jersey Transit took over railroad operations and maintenance of the building. Formerly one of three stations in Little Falls, it has become the only one in downtown Little Falls, after Great Notch was closed by New Jersey Transit in January 2010.^[9]

Station layout

This station has one track for revenue service, one track used as a passing siding, and one side platform. The station has a brick station depot completed in 1915. It also has 194 parking spaces, 134 on Railroad Avenue at Montclair Avenue and 60 more along Montclair Avenue. A ticket machine is available. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

There is no weekend service to Little Falls, as all service terminates at Bay Street station in Montclair, New Jersey. Bus service is provided by New Jersey Transit with four lines meeting at Little Falls station by the No. 11, No. 191, No. 704 and No. 705.

Bibliography

Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham, New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823219544.
Catlin, George L. (1873). Homes on the Montclair Railway, for New York Business Men. A Description of the Country Adjacent to the Montclair Railway, Between Jersey City and Greenwood Lake. New York, New York: Montclair Railway Company.
Whittemore, Henry (1894). History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey: Including the History of Families who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Prosperity. New York, New York: The Suburban Publishing Company. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

References

^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 76. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ Map of Erie Railroad Stations (Map). Cartography by Erie Railroad. Erie Railroad. 1920.
^ "New Jersey Transit Announces Closure of Great Notch Station". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. December 21, 2009. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2009.