Glen Rock–Boro Hall station

Glen Rock
Boro Hall
Glen Rock–Boro Hall station facing southbound towards Radburn station
General information
LocationRock Road (CR 134) at Harding Plaza, Glen Rock, New Jersey
Coordinates40°57′41″N 74°07′45″W / 40.9614°N 74.1292°W / 40.9614; -74.1292
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 164, 175 (at adjacent bus station)
746 (on Maple Avenue)
Other information
Fare zone8
History
OpenedOctober 1, 1881[1]
Previous namesParamus (1881–1891[2])
Passengers
2012992 (average weekday, including Main Line station)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Ridgewood
toward Suffern
 Bergen County Line Radburn
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Ridgewood
Terminus
 Bergen County Railroad Radburn
toward Jersey City
Location
Map

Glen Rock–Boro Hall 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 Bergen County Line. Its name comes from the fact that the Glen Rock Municipal Building is located immediately east of the station, and to differentiate it from the Glen Rock–Main Line station, which lies two blocks west on Rock Road (County Route 134).

History

The station opened on October 1, 1881 as Paramus.[1] The station was renamed in 1891.[2]

Station layout

Train #1253 departing Glen Rock–Boro Hall station

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. Although the platforms are not high-level, Glen Rock–Boro Hall is handicap accessible via use of two ramps, one on either side of the platform.

Pedestrian access to both platforms is available along Rock Road, and from a pedestrian underpass on Maple Avenue and the entrance to the station's parking lot on Glen Avenue. Paid parking is available by use of a ticket machine system; previously the borough employed parking meters.

The Glen Rock–Boro Hall station is located two blocks east from the Glen Rock–Main Line station.

Bibliography

  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1884). Poor's Manual of Railroads. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: H.V. & H.W. Poor. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

References

  1. ^ a b Poor 1884, p. 167.
  2. ^ a b "City and Suburban News". Paterson Daily Guardian. Paterson, New Jersey. November 14, 1891. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.


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