Wesmont | |||||||||||
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 Wesmont station shortly after its May 2016 opening | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Highland Avenue and Johnson Drive,Wood-Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′19″N74°05′49″W / 40.8553°N 74.0969°W /40.8553; -74.0969 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 28 spaces (temporary) 215 spaces (planned) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 15, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 266 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
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Wesmont is acommuter rail station on theNew Jersey Transit (NJT)Bergen County Line, located inWood-Ridge, New Jersey, positioned betweenGarfield andRutherford stations and two stops away fromSecaucus Junction. Wesmont opened on May 15, 2016, as part of the $400 million Wesmont Station development project, surrounding a formerCurtiss-Wright aircraft engine factory. The station is the newest in the NJ Transit Rail Operations network. The station and tracks are located along Wood-Ridge's boundary with neighboringWallington, although the platform can only be reached from the Wood-Ridge side. Wesmont is one of two rail stations in Wood-Ridge; thePascack Valley Line serves the olderWood-Ridge station.
NJT announced plans for the station on June 11, 2008, with the overall re-development of the 70-acre (28 ha) site expected to include over 700 housing units, 130,000 square feet (12,000 m2) of retail and office space, a middle school and a community center.[2][3] Construction was scheduled to begin in 2009, with the station originally due to open in 2011. However,PCB contamination of the land required extensive environmental cleanup, after previous work forasbestos removal.[4][5]
The firstresidentialapartments opened on February 14, 2012, and the train station had its official groundbreaking on March 11, 2014.[6][7][8] The station quietly opened on May 15, 2016, without a formal ceremony.[9]
The station cost $18 million to build, with $6 million from NJ Transit and $12 million from Somerset Development.[10] The station was built by Anselmi & DeCicco, Inc. ofMaplewood, New Jersey and has a 216-space parking lot, but only a 28-space temporary lot was available at the station's opening. Pedestrian and cycle routes are being developed to improve station access from nearby residential areas.[11]
The station has one high-levelisland platform connected to the street by a walkway over the northbound track.
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