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Delawanna
Delawanna station in March 2014, from the Suffern-bound platform.
General information
Location	Delawanna Avenue at Oak Street, Clifton, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°49′54″N 74°07′53″W / 40.8317°N 74.1314°W / 40.8317; -74.1314
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 27, 74, 190
Construction
Parking	142 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	September 12, 1870 (freight service) December 14, 1870 (passenger service)
Rebuilt	1925
Key dates
May 4, 1970	Westbound station razed
Passengers
2018	645 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Passaictoward Suffern Main Line Lyndhursttoward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Passaictoward Dover Boonton Branch Lyndhursttoward Hoboken
Location

Delawanna is a commuter rail station for New Jersey Transit in the Delawanna section of Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey. The station, located at the intersection of Delawanna Avenue (Passaic County Route 610) and Oak Street (County Route 605), serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Main Line, serving Hoboken Terminal on the east end and Suffern and Port Jervis stations on the west end in New York. Delawanna station has two low-level side platforms with a shelter on the inbound side, lacking access for the physically disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Service to Delawanna, a portmanteau of Delaware and Lackawanna, began on September 12, 1870, for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch for freights. Passenger service began on December 14, 1870. The station depot was replaced in 1925 on the westbound side when the tracks were elevated through Clifton. That structure came down on May 14, 1970, after years of neglect.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. A large parking lot is available on Delawanna Avenue for riders.

Bibliography

• 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. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
• Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.

References

1. 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.
2. Lyon 1873, p. 55.
3. Taber & Taber 1981, p. 734
4. "Delawanna Station to be Razed May 4". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. April 17, 1970. p. 20. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved September 13, 2022.

External links

Media related to Delawanna (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Delawanna Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

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