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NJ Transit rail station

Belmar

Belmar station facing towards the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar in January 2018.

General information

Location

Belmar Plaza, between 9th and 10th Avenues
Belmar, NJ 07719

Coordinates

40°10′49″N 74°01′39″W / 40.18028°N 74.02750°W / 40.18028; -74.02750

Owned by

NJ Transit

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

NJ Transit Bus: 317, 830

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Accessible

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

September 14, 1875

Electrified

Previous names

Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889)

Passengers

2012

305 (average weekday)

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Spring Laketoward Bay Head		North Jersey Coast Line		Bradley Beachtoward New York Penn Station

Former services

Preceding station	New York and Long Branch Railroad			Following station
Comotoward Bay Head Junction		Main Line		Avontoward Perth Amboy

Location

Belmar is a commuter rail station in the borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Belmar station opened as part of an extension from Asbury Park–Ocean Grove station of the New York and Long Branch Railroad on September 14, 1875, as Ocean Beach station. The name of the station was changed to Belmar when the municipality changed its name from Ocean Beach to Elcho to Belmar in a month's span in 1889.

Station layout

The station has two low-level brick cobblestone side platforms.

References

^ "State and County Items". The Matawan Journal. September 18, 1875. p. 2. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Another Change in Prospect". The Red Bank Register. May 8, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

External links

Station from 8th Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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