Glen Ridge station
NJ Transit rail station
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Glen Ridge is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Ridgewood Avenue in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey along the Montclair–Boonton Line. Service through Glen Ridge comes from Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station and goes through to one of four termini, Bay Street (on weekends), Montclair State University, Dover and Hackettstown. The station depot is on-grade level with Ridgewood Avenue, with the platform and tracks below street-level.
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| Location | 224 Ridgewood Avenue (CR 653), Glen Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.8002°N 74.2043°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 11, 28, and 29(all buses on Bloomfield Avenue) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 603 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1860[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872;[2] 1887[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 3, 1930[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Ridgewood[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 748 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
In 1860, N&B Railroad constructed a platform at Prospect Street known as Ridgewood Station, and its trains made regular stops there. A new Ridgewood Station was built in 1887.[6]
The platforms at Glen Ridge, along with the stations at Bloomfield and Watsessing Avenue stations along the Montclair Branch were all built in 1912 during a grade separation program by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. The Glen Ridge station, like the Watsessing Avenue station, was set below street level. It is a contributing property to the Glen Ridge Historic District and the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7]
Station layout
Glen Ridge's low-level side platforms are not accessible.
In popular culture
Glen Ridge the site of the train station scene in the 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile that starred Julia Roberts. It also appeared in Far From Heaven.
