Vreeland Avenue station
Former railway station in Paterson, New Jersey, US
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Vreeland Avenue was a railroad station in Paterson, New Jersey served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).[5] until 1966. Service by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, had begun in 1873. The station house dates to 1949.[4] Other extant station buildings from the New Jersey Midland/NYSW can be found at Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland, among other places.[6]
Location265 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey
Platforms1 side platform
Vreeland Avenue | |||||||||||
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Vreeland Avenue station in October 2014. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 265 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Line | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1113 (Erie Railroad)[1] VA (NYS&W)[2] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1873 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | September 20, 1949[3][4] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||
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The location in the People's Park neighborhood is potential station of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations proposed Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project.[7]
See also
Bibliography
- Carlough, Curtis V.; Fredericks, Harold; Stuy, Timothy; Van Dyk, Fred (1999). The Next Station Will Be... Volume 1 (Revised). New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society, Inc. ISBN 9780941652155.
