Mountain View station (NJ Transit)
Mountain View | |||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 1773 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 9 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | January 1, 1873[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1963 June 19, 1989–February 7, 1990[5][6] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||||
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August 1981 | Station agent eliminated[7] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 118 (average weekday)[8][9] | ||||||||||||
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Mountain View, signed on the platform as Mountain View–Wayne, is a station on the
History
The Mountain View station was one of two stations in Wayne built on the
At that time, the wooden station depot at Mountain View built by the Erie was demolished and replaced by an
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
Bibliography
- Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Train Depot Marks Restored Civic Pride". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. February 8, 1990. p. B3. Retrieved January 29, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 27, 1981. p. 23. Retrieved May 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "The Montclair-Boonton Line" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2002. Retrieved February 20, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Wayne/Route 23 Transit Center Opens January 12, 2008". New Jersey Transit. January 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
- ^ Map of Erie Railroad Stations (Map). Cartography by Erie Railroad. Erie Railroad. 1920.
- ^ ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
- ^ "Mountain View". New Jersey Transit. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "Station Park & Ride Guide - Mountain View". New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 28, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. Retrieved November 16, 2010.