Hawthorne
Hawthorne station in May 2014 as seen from the Hoboken-bound platform.
General information
Location	5 Washington Avenue (on Washington Place),Hawthorne,Passaic County,New Jersey 07506
Coordinates	40°56′34″N74°09′09″W / 40.9427°N 74.1525°W /40.9427; -74.1525
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus:722
Construction
Parking	139 spaces
Other information
Station code	2307 (Erie Railroad)[6]
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	October 19, 1848[2][3]
Rebuilt	September 14, 1949[4]–January 19, 1950[5]
Electrified	Not electrified
Previous names	Van Blarcoms[2] Norwood[7]
Passengers
2024	349 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Glen Rock–Main Line towardSuffern Main Line Paterson towardHoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Ferndale towardRidgewood Main Line local stops River Street towardJersey City
Proposed services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station 6th Avenue towardTonnelle Avenue Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit (TBD) Terminus
Location

Hawthorne is an activecommuter railroadstation operated byNew Jersey Transit in theborough ofHawthorne,Passaic County,New Jersey,United States. It is the northernmost station in Passaic County along New Jersey Transit'sMain Line. Trains coming through Hawthorne serviceWaldwick,Suffern andPort Jervis to the north andHoboken Terminal to the south, where connections are available toNew York City viaPort Authority Trans-Hudson and ferries. The station, accessible only by Washington Place in Hawthorne, contains only two low-level platforms connected by agrade crossing. As a result, the station is not compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Railroad service to what was thenManchester Township began on October 19, 1848, with the opening of thePaterson and Ramapo Railroad, a railroad connecting thePaterson and Hudson River Railroad from Paterson. The railroad went throughBergen County and connected to theNew York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad at Suffern. At that time the stop in Manchester Township was known asVan Blarcoms and located closer to the crossing of Wagaraw Road (County Route 504). The station was renamedNorwood, but theUnited States Postal Service requested a change because the name was the same as the already existingNorwood in Bergen County.^[7]

In July 1948, proposals came to replace the station at Hawthorne, built in 1863, because of the elimination of the Wagaraw Road grade crossing. The new 37-by-20-foot (11.3 m × 6.1 m) brick station would cost $30,000 (1948 USD).^[8] Groundbreaking for the new station and Wagaraw Road crossing occurred on September 14, 1949, and the Erie shifted to the new depot on January 19, 1950. The Erie Railroad received permission on June 9, 1966 to eliminate the agent at Hawthorne station.^[9]

The station platforms are not adjacent to any through road in Hawthorne.

• The northbound platform is located near Vincent Avenue, but the platform is not accessible from that street. The station's parking lot is located off the corner of Washington Street and Washington Avenue
• The southbound platform main entrance is from the station parking lot. A secondary entrance is on adead-end street, Washington Place.
• Ticket machines are at the main entrance to the southbound platform (at the parking lot).
• Agrade crossing connects the two platforms adjacent to the parking lot, i.e., a pedestrian can walk through the lot, enter the southbound platform, and immediately cross both the platform and the rails to reach the northbound platform. There are railway crossing signals at this pedestrian crossing, similar to those at street crossings, to allow for safe passage.

Hawthorne station is to be one of two terminus points on the proposed (but dormant)Passaic-Bergen Rail Line plan, a light-rail system that will run fromHawthorne throughPaterson,Elmwood Park, andHackensack.^[10]

The station has two tracks, each with a low-levelside platform.

• Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project

• Media related toHawthorne (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Railway stations in Passaic County, New Jersey
• Former Erie Railroad stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
• 1848 establishments in New Jersey
• Hawthorne, New Jersey

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