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Walnut Street
Walnut Street station in February 2015.
General information
Location	25 Depot Square Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Coordinates	40°49′02″N 74°12′35″W / 40.8173°N 74.2098°W / 40.8173; -74.2098
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 low level side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	198 spots in 4 lots
Bicycle facilities	parking rack
Accessible	no
Other information
Station code	1737
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	January 1, 1873
Rebuilt	October 27, 1953
Electrified	September 30, 2002
Previous names	Montclair
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed
Passengers
2017	1,208 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Watchung Avenuetoward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Lineweekdays Bay Streettoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Watchung Avenuetoward Hackettstown Boonton Lineuntil 2002 Benson Streettoward Hoboken Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Watchung Avenuetoward Sterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Glen Ridgetoward Jersey City
Location

Walnut Street (formerly known as Montclair) is a New Jersey Transit station on Walnut Street at Depot Square in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It is the most used station on the Montclair–Boonton Line. Walnut Street is the second or fifth (depending the station of origin) of six stops that are in Montclair along the Montclair-Boonton line. It gets its name from the street that crosses the railroad tracks next to the station. It has a farmers' market in its parking lot from the summer to the early fall.

The station house, built in 1953, has been leased out as a restaurant for many years. The most recent tenant to occupy the space, Mezoco Mexican Taqueria, opened in 2016. This restaurant has since closed, and the building has been unoccupied since 2020.

History

Built in 1873 by the Montclair Railway, the station was the Erie Railroad's main station in Montclair. The station was formerly known as Montclair. In 1953, the current building was erected and the old station was demolished. On October 23, 1973, a freight train derailed at the station. The Montclair Connection, which merged the Montclair Branch and the Boonton Line, is a few streets after the station.

Station layout

The station's low-level side platforms are not accessible. The station is located at the corner of Walnut Street and Depot Square, and is in the Walnut street business district.

Bibliography

• Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham, New York: Fordham University Press. 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

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. Catlin 1873, p. 33.
3. Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
4. Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
5. ^ "Walnut Street Station Opens". The Montclair Times. October 29, 1953. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved January 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Shepard, Royal F.; Shepard, Elizabeth (April 20, 2024). Images of America: Montclair. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9780738513492.
7. "Township's Position Clairified on Railroad Property Proposals". The Montclair Times. June 18, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
9. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
10. Cook, Joan (October 23, 1973). "11-Car Night Derailment Damages Bloomfield Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
11. Walnut Street, New Jersey Transit, accessed April 27, 2007.

External links

• Media related to Walnut Street (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Montclair, New Jersey
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1873
• Railway stations in Essex County, New Jersey
• Former Erie Railroad stations
• 1873 establishments in New Jersey