Waldwick station


Waldwick is a commuter rail station operated by New Jersey Transit in the borough of Waldwick, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station serves trains on the Main Line and serves as the terminus of multiple Bergen County Line trains to and from Hoboken Terminal, where connections are available to New York City via ferries and Port Authority Trans-Hudson. Trains that continue north terminate in Suffern, Middletown and Port Jervis, New York. A multiple-track yard is located at the north end of the station complex to house locomotives and other equipment. Waldwick station boasts two low-level side platforms connected by a pedestrian bridge at the southern end of the platforms. As a result, the station is inaccessible for handicapped people as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
Unlike most of the stations on the Main Line in Bergen County, Waldwick station does not date back to the opening of the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad on October 19, 1848. Instead, the Erie Railroad, who would take over running of the railroad, established a stop at Waldwick. A wooden station depot was built on the east side of the tracks at that point. The historic original station house has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. The Waldwick Community Alliance has leased the building for 25 years until 2034. After years of being in disrepair, it has been restored and now houses the Waldwick Museum of Local History.

Station layout

This station has three tracks, the outer two of which are served by low-level side platforms. Some weekday trains originate and terminate at this station.

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