Vreeland Avenue was a railroad station in Paterson, New Jersey served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).[4] until 1966. Service by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, had begun in 1873. The station house dates to 1949.[3] Other extant station buildings from the New Jersey Midland/NYSW can be found at Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland, among other places.[5]
Vreeland Avenue | |||||||||||
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 Vreeland Avenue station in October 2014. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 265 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1113 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1873 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | September 20, 1949[2][3] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The location in the People's Park neighborhood is potential station of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations proposed Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Around Paterson". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. September 20, 1949. p. 17. Retrieved February 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "New Vreeland Ave. Station". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. September 29, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kaminski, Edward S. (2010), NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-7367-0
- ^ "Surviving New Jersey Railroad Stations" (PDF). American-Rails.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ "Passaic Bergen Hudson Transit Project". njtransit.com. NJ Transit. 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
External links
edit- "NY, Susquehanna & Western RR Stations". Flickr. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2016.