Kingsland station
Kingsland | |||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
Parking | 19 spaces | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | September 12, 1870 (freight service)[1] December 14, 1870 (passenger service)[2] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | –December 2, 1918[3][4] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012 | 453 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Kingsland is a railroad station on
History
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The
When the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western expanded the Kingsland Shops in 1903,
In 1917, the railroad was brought before the New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners due to an accident on November 28, 1916, at Kingsland station. Passenger train No. 582, a special train for employees of the Canadian Car Company, had near stopped at Kingsland station. The train never left at any defined time, although averaged around 6:30 in the evening. However, around 6:30 that evening, Train No. 479 came in twelve minutes late at a high speed, and as a result could not slow down fast enough to avoid hitting passengers. At that time, the station had no inter-track fencing to prevent crossing of both Boonton Branch tracks, and because of this, people could board trains from either platform. That day the engineer of Train No. 479 was unable to see the platform or the special train, and due to the lack of signals, had no information until the train left the west portal of Kingsland Tunnel. However, signals were set for west-bound trains if problems were to occur. After the accident, the Board requested the Lackawanna to install a westbound signal to prevent further accidents, while the Canadian Car Company moved its boarding to the company's rail siding.[9]
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad and the Passaic Plan
After several years of sharing railroad facilities, the
The remainder of the Boonton Branch was steadily decommissioned through 1963, as the New Jersey Department of Transportation requested the Boonton Branch's alignment through Paterson as part of
New Jersey Transit
In January 1983, Consolidated Rail Corporation handed over operation of the commuter railroads to
On June 22, 2010, the town of Lyndhurst put forward a proposal to buy the station depots at both Kingsland and
In 2021, it was revealed that once the new Lyndhurst train station was complete, Kingsland station would be closed.[17]
Station layout and services
Kingsland station has two tracks, each with a low-level
The station has a connection to
References
- ^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. p. 55.
- ^ "New Kingsland Station Is Now Open-Modern Plan and Nicely Arranged". The Passaic Daily News. December 9, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved July 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 421. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ^ "Railway and locomotive engineering: a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock". 18. A. Sinclair Co. May 1905: 442. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
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- ^ Reports of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey. Vol. 4. New Jersey. Board of Public Utility Commissioners. 1917. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ^ "Track Removal Sought". The New York Times. New York, New York. July 14, 1961. p. 6.
- ^ ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
- ^ "Erie Agrees to Let Passaic Eliminate Downtown Tracks". The New York Times. New York, New York. August 24, 1960. p. 31.
- ^ "EnRoute". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. February 10, 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures" (Press release). New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. August 27, 2002. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ^ Moeller, Susan C. (June 22, 2010). "Lyndhurst may purchase train stations". The Leader. Lyndhurst, New Jersey: The Leader.
- ^ Grant, Meghan (January 10, 2013). "Lyndhurst still seeks to lease 2 train stations". The South Bergenite. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ "NJ Transit Capital Plan Update - 2021 July 2021 | An Unconstrained Vision for NJ TRANSIT" (PDF). njtransit.com. New Jersey Transit. July 21, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Station and Parking Info: Kingsland". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2010. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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