Mountain Ave.
An afternoon train leaving Mountain Avenue station in February 2015. The 1893 station depot, constructed by theErie Railroad is on the left.
General information
Location	14 Laurel Place,Montclair, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°50′56″N74°12′19″W / 40.8488°N 74.2054°W /40.8488; -74.2054
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 low level side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus:28
Construction
Parking	23 spots
Bicycle facilities	parking racks
Other information
Station code	1743 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	6
History
Opened	January 1, 1873[2][3][4]
Rebuilt	1893
Electrified	September 30, 2002
Key dates
1959	Station agency closed[5]
Passengers
2017	133 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Montclair Heights towardHackettstown Montclair–Boonton Line weekdays Upper Montclair towardNew York Penn Station orHoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Montclair Heights towardSterling Forest New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Upper Montclair towardJersey City
Mountain Avenue Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station depot at Mountain Avenue, constructed by the Erie Railroad.
Location	451 Upper Mountain Ave.,Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°50′57″N74°12′21″W / 40.84917°N 74.20583°W /40.84917; -74.20583
Area	0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1893
Architect	A. Mordercai
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002654[8]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Location

Mountain Avenue is an activecommuter railroadstation in thetownship ofMontclair,Essex County,New Jersey. Serving trains ofNJ Transit'sMontclair–Boonton Line, Mountain Avenue is one of six stops in the municipality. The next station to the south/east (towardsHoboken Terminal andNew York Penn Station) isUpper Montclair. The next station to the north/west (towardsHackettstown) isMontclair Heights. Mountain Avenue contains two low-levelside platforms. The station depot built by theErie Railroad stands on the inbound platform, offering a waiting room for commuters. Part of the depot is also leased by the municipality for a residence.^[9]

Mountain Avenue station debuted with the opening of passenger service on theNew York and Oswego Midland Railroad on January 1, 1873. The current station depot opened in 1893, maintaining an agent until 1959.^[5] It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, as part of theOperating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource for New Jersey.^[8][10]

The station's low-levelside platforms are not wheelchair accessible. Weekend service is not provided.

• 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.
• Shaw, William H. (1884).History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Vol. 2.Essex County, New Jersey: Everts & Peck.
• 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. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2020.

• Media related toMountain Avenue (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station House from Google Maps Street View

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Montclair, New Jersey
• Railway stations in Essex County, New Jersey
• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Montclair, New Jersey
• Upper Montclair, New Jersey
• Former Erie Railroad stations
• Queen Anne architecture in New Jersey
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1873
• 1873 establishments in New Jersey

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