Mountain View station (NJ Transit)

Not to be confused with Downtown Mountain View station or Mountain View station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad).
Mountain View–Wayne
Mountain View station facing northbound at the station canopy. The grade crossing with US 202 is visible in the distance.
General information
Location40 Erie Avenue, Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Coordinates40°54′50″N 74°16′03″W / 40.91389°N 74.26750°W / 40.91389; -74.26750
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 871
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code1773 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone9
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1873[2][3][4]
Rebuilt1963
June 19, 1989–February 7, 1990[5][6]
ElectrifiedNot electrified
Key dates
August 1981Station agent eliminated[7]
Passengers
2017118 (average weekday)[8][9]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Lincoln Park
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Wayne Route 23
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Wayne
toward Sterling Forest
 New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Singac
toward Jersey City
Location
Map

Mountain View, signed on the platform as Mountain View–Wayne, is a station on the Montclair-Boonton Line of NJ Transit in Wayne, New Jersey. Prior to the Montclair Connection in 2002,[10] the station was served by the Boonton Line. The station is located on Erie Avenue, just off of US 202 and Route 23 in Downtown Wayne. Since January 2008, Mountain View station is the second of two stations in Wayne, the other being the Wayne Route 23 Transit Center, a station off the Westbelt interchange.[11]

History

The Mountain View station facing northbound from the high-level platform

The Mountain View station was one of two stations in Wayne built on the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, 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. There was a second station constructed in Wayne, north of Mountain View at the Ryerson Avenue crossing.[12] In 1935, train service was cut back to the Wanaque–Midvale station in Wanaque, New Jersey. After the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged in October 1960, plans started in 1963 to abandon the former Lackawanna Boonton Branch, a freight railroad built in 1869. This line also had a second Mountain View station. That year, the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad tied the Boonton Line and Greenwood Lake lines together at Mountain View Junction. The portion of the Boonton Branch east of the junction was abandoned and the Greenwood Lake line was reduced to shuttle service north of Mountain View.[13]

At that time, the wooden station depot at Mountain View built by the Erie was demolished and replaced by an Armco metal building on the platform, which boasted two tracks. One track served as the new Boonton Line, which turned westward to Lincoln Park. The other track served as the transfer for the now Wanaque-Midvale shuttle, serving the old Greenwood Lake line north of Mountain View, including the Ryerson Avenue station. The shuttle service was discontinued in October 1966, along with the Ryerson Avenue station.[13] The track was torn up south of Pequannock; as a result, the station shelter and canopy resides on the old shuttle track. The track redirected onto the Boonton Branch is still in use and is the lone track through Mountain View.

Station layout and services

The station has one low-level side platform for the lone revenue service track. Mountain View is accessible for handicapped persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Bike lockers and a ticket vending machine are available.[14]

Mountain View station has a large station complex, consisting of four parking lots maintained by New Jersey Transit totaling up to 389 parking spaces, eight of which are handicap-accessible. The first of these lots is the main station lot, which has 228 parking spaces on Erie Avenue. All eight handicap spaces are located in that lot. The second lot has seventeen spaces located at Williams Street and Greenwood Avenue. A third lot is also located on this block, consisting of 26 spaces. A fourth and final parking lot is present on Greenwood Avenue near New Jersey Route 23, which makes up the final 118 spaces. There is no parking fee for any of the four lots.[15] The station receives bus service from one line, the No. 871, which was one of the Morris County Metro lines.[16][17]

No weekend service is provided to Mountain View, as Montclair-Boonton Line weekend service ends at Bay Street station in Montclair. However, the six special holiday trains that run to Lake Hopatcong station do stop at Mountain View.

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

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
  3. ^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
  4. ^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
  5. ^ Soloway, Lisa A. (July 5, 1989). "New Look at Station". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Train Depot Marks Restored Civic Pride". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. February 8, 1990. p. B3. Retrieved January 29, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Police Taking Over Job of Opening, Closing Mountain View Rail Station". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 27, 1981. p. 23. Retrieved May 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  9. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Montclair-Boonton Line" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2002. Retrieved February 20, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "New Wayne/Route 23 Transit Center Opens January 12, 2008". New Jersey Transit. January 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  12. ^ Map of Erie Railroad Stations (Map). Cartography by Erie Railroad. Erie Railroad. 1920.
  13. ^ a b 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.
  14. ^ "Mountain View". New Jersey Transit. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "Station Park & Ride Guide - Mountain View". New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  16. ^ Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables (PDF) (November 7, 2010 ed.). New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  17. ^ "NJ Transit Further Improves Morris County Bus Service" (Press release). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
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