Lake View station (Erie Railroad)

Lake View

Lake View station in 1909. This building remained in use until the line's termination in 1963.

General information
Location| Railway Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°53′27″N 74°08′59″W﻿ / ﻿40.8908°N 74.1498°W﻿ / 40.8908; -74.1498
Owned by| Erie Railroad (1883-1960)
Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960-1963)
Line(s)| Erie Railroad Main Line (until 1963)
Platforms| 1 side platforms
Tracks| 2 main line
Construction
Platform levels| 1
History
Opened| 1883; 142 years ago (1883)
Closed| April 2, 1963; 61 years ago (1963-04-2)
Key dates
1967| Station depot razed[1]
Services
| Preceding station  | Erie Railroad | Following station

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Paterson

toward Ridgewood

|  | Main Line local stops  |  | Clifton

toward Jersey City

Lake View is a former railroad station for the Erie Railroad in the community of Paterson, New Jersey. The station was located at the intersection of Railway Avenue and Crooks Avenue in the Lakeview district of Paterson, just north of the Clifton town line. The station consisted of two platforms, with a small shelter-sized depot on the westbound tracks and no shelter whatsoever on the eastbound side heading towards Pavonia Terminal. The station was first opened in 1883 in the Lakeview district, and remained in use for nearly eight decades. In 1952 and 1953, as a deal made for Passaic, New Jersey, stations at Clifton and Main Street-Passaic were rebuilt. However, Lake View was not, and when the Passaic Plan was enacted on April 2, 1963, the last passenger trains served Lake View served the old 1883 depot. The depot was razed in the autumn of 1967.[1]

## Station layout and services

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Lake View station's layout consisted of two asphalt platforms in between three tracks, one located between two northbound tracks, and one next to the station depot, built along Railway Avenue just north of Crooks Avenue in Paterson.[2] The station building itself was a 37 ft × 16 ft (11.3 m × 4.9 m) building with a shingled roof.[3] The track was laced with intertrack fencing to prevent people from crossing the tracks. Parking was accessible from Railway Avenue and located along the station's eastbound platform. The station itself was 15 miles (24 km) from New York City's Chambers Street Ferry Terminal,[4] where people caught ferries to Jersey City and the Erie Railroad trains.[5]

## History

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Lake View station first opened along the Erie Railroad's main line, constructed from 1846 to 1851, in 1885. The station itself was a Type IV construction, situated 15 miles (24 km) from the Erie's Chambers Street Ferry Terminal in New York City. In 1889, the station received twenty-one trains from New York and the same amount inbound. The station cost only $.50 (1889 USD) to reach one-way and $.70 round trip. A fifty-trip, commutation ticket set from Lake View - New York cost only $12.50 (1889 USD).[6]

During the 1950s and 1960s, several different priorities from different agencies around the cities of Paterson and Passaic were beginning to form. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, a competing railroad with the Erie, wanted to condense (along with the Erie) services and share trackage because of financial troubles. Secondly, the city officials in Passaic had first brought a proposal to the Erie asking about the removal of the main line through the city, which was tying up traffic in the city during station stops. This, however, was not implemented during the 1950s, as proposed. Instead, the Erie reconstructed the stations at downtown Passaic and Clifton.[7] However, although its on the same alignment, the station at Lake View, the 1885 depot was not replaced and remained in use until 1963.[7] Third, the New Jersey State Highway Department needed rights-of-way for Interstate 80 through Paterson and State Route 21 through Passaic (right where Passaic Park station and BE Drawbridge were located).[8]

The Lake View station site in the late winter of 2011

After the merge on October 17, 1960, between the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Erie, the city officials in Passaic once again brought back the possibility of removing the tracks through Main Street, Passaic. This time, the newly formed Erie-Lackawanna went forward with it, beginning the process to move its main line onto the former Boonton Branch through Lyndhurst, Passaic and Clifton.[8] The main line was abandoned past Carlton Hill, and BE Drawbridge was swung in the open position, and soon put up for sale price of $0.00 in 1964 by the mayor of Passaic.[9]

After the abandonment, Lake View station, along with Clifton, Passaic and Passaic Park stations were abandoned and the tracks torn up. Although all the passenger trains were re-routed through Passaic and Clifton along the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Boonton Branch, portions of the track from XW Tower in Paterson to Lake View were to be retained for use by freights.[8] As of 2019[update], the tracks remain through Lake View, but the station itself has been removed since Autumn 1967.[1][10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Notes Around Paterson". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. September 23, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved April 6, 2019 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Yanosey 2007, p. 41
3. ^ Annual report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey, Part 1. New Jersey State Board of Assessors. 1914. p. 365.
4. ^ Picturesque Erie: Summer homes. Jersey City, New Jersey: The New York & Erie Railroad. 1889. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
5. ^ Yanosey 2007, p. 8
6. ^ Picturesque Erie: Summer homes. Jersey City, New Jersey: The New York & Erie Railroad. 1889. p. 8. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
7. ^ a b Yanosey 2007, p. 40
8. ^ a b c Yanosey 2007, p. 108
9. ^ Gansberg, Martin (June 28, 1964). "A Passaic Bridge To Be Given Away". The New York Times. New York, New York. p. 33.
10. ^ "Overview map of Lake View, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 28, 2010.

## Bibliography

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* Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1582482149.

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Erie Railroad Main Line stations (1900–1960)

Illinois|

* Chicago7
* Archer Avenue1
* 47th Street3
* Englewood6

Indiana|

* Hammond Union5 / Hammond7
* Highlands3
* Griffith4
* Crown Point6
* Winfield2
* Palmer3
* Hurlburt3
* Boone Grove3
* Kouts4
* Wilders4
* North Judson6
* Aldine3
* Bass Lake3
* Ora3
* Monterey3
* De Long4
* Leiter's3
* Pershing3
* Rochester7
* Athens3
* Akron4
* Disko3
* Laketon3
* Newton4
* Bollvar4
* Servia3
* Bippus3
* Huntington7
* Markle3
* Uniondale3
* Kingsland4
* Tocsin3
* Magley3
* Prebie3
* Decatur6
* Rivare3

Ohio|

* Wren3
* Glenmore0B3
* Ohio City6
* Elgin3
* Spencerville4
* Kemp3
* Lima7
* Westminster3
* Harrod's3
* Alger3
* McGuffey3
* Foraker3
* Kenton6
* Hepburn3
* De Cliff3
* Marion7
* Caledonia3
* Martel4
* Galion7
* Ontario3
* Mansfield7
* Pavonia3
* Ashland7
* Nankin3
* Polk3
* West Salem3
* Burbank3
* Creston4
* Sterling4
* Rittman6
* Wadsworth6
* Silver Creek2
* Sherman2
* Barberton6
* Akron7
* Tallmadge3
* Kent7
* Ravenna6
* Freedom3
* Windham3
* Braceville4
* Leavittsburg4
* Warren7
* Niles6
* Girard5
* Youngstown7
* Hubbard6

Pennsylvania|

* Sharon7
* Sharpsville4
* Transfer2A4
* Shenango4
* Greenville7
* Amasa2C4
* Atlantic3
* Stony Point3
* Geneva3
* Meadville7
* Saegertown3D6
* Venango3
* Cambridge Springs6
* Miller's3
* Mill Village3
* Union City6
* Concord3
* Corry7
* Columbus3
* Bear Lake3

New York|

* Niobe3
* Watt’s Flats3
* Ashville3
* Lakewood3
* Jamestown7
* Falconer4
* Kennedy3
* Randolph7
* Steamburg3
* Red House3
* Salamanca7
* Killbuck2
* Carrollton3
* Vandalia3
* Allegany4
* Olean7
* Hinsdale3
* Cuba6
* Friendship6
* Belvidere3
* Belmont6
* Scio3
* Wellsville7
* Andover6
* Alfred4
* Almond3
* Hornell7
* Canisteo4
* Adrian3
* Cameron4
* Cameron Mills4
* Rathbone4
* Addison6
* Erwins3
* Painted Post4
* Corning7
* East Corning3
* Big Flats4
* Horseheads4
* Elmira7
* Henry Street3
* Wellsburg4
* Chemung4
* Waverly7
* Barton4
* Smithboro4
* Tioga Center4
* Owego6
* Hiathawa2
* Campville3
* Liberty Street3
* Endicott6
* Hooper2
* Johnson City4
* Binghamton7
* Langdon2
* Kirkwood4

Pennsylvania|

* Great Bend5
* Hickory Grove3
* Susquehanna6

New York|

* Gulf Summit5
* Oquaga2
* Deposit6
* Hale's Eddy0B5
* Hancock6
* Stockport4
* Lordville6
* Long Eddy5
* Hankins5
* Callicoon6
* Cochecton6
* Skinners5
* Narrowsburg6
* Tusten0C5

Pennsylvania|

* Mast Hope4
* Westcolang Park5
* Lackawaxen6
* Shohola6
* Parker’s Glen5
* Pond Eddy5
* Mill Rift0B5

New York|

* Sparrowbush5
* Port Jervis7
* Graham5
* Otisville
* Howells7
* Middletown8
* Main Street-Middletown3
* New Hampton7
* Goshen8
* Chester8
* Greycourt4
* Oxford5
* Monroe8
* Harriman8
* Arden7
* Southfields7
* Tuxedo
* SloatsburgE
* Sterlington4
* Ramapo5
* Hillburn5
* Suffern

New Jersey|

* Mahwah
* Ramsey
* Allendale
* Waldwick
* Hohokus
* Ridgewood
* Glen RockA
* Ferndale2
* HawthorneA
* River StreetA7
* Paterson
* Lake ViewA6
* CliftonA6
* Harrison StreetL5
* Passaic
* Prospect StreetL5
* Passaic ParkA6
* Carlton HillA6
* RutherfordF
* Secaucus0
* Jersey City5 / Hoboken

0Closed in 1900s
1Closed in 1910s
2Closed in 1920s
3Closed in 1930s
4Closed in 1940s
5Closed in 1950s
6Closed in 1960s
7Closed in 1970s

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ABypassed in 1920s
BReopened in 1920s
CReopened in 1930s
DReopened in 1940s
EBypassed in 1950s
FBypassed in 1960s

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Italics - bypassed by the Erie Lackawanna Main Line in 1963
8Bypassed along the Graham Line and closed in 1980s

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Erie Lackawanna Railway Main Line stations (1960–1977)

* Chicago7
* Englewood6
* Hammond7
* Crown Point6
* North Judson6
* Rochester7
* Huntington7
* Decatur6
* Ohio City6
* Lima7
* Kenton6
* Marion7
* Galion7
* Mansfield7
* Ashland7
* Rittman6
* Wadsworth6
* Barberton6
* Akron7
* Kent7
* Ravenna6
* WarrenC
* Niles6
* YoungstownC
* Hubbard6
* Sharon7
* Greenville7
* Meadville7
* Saegertown6
* Cambridge Springs6
* Union City6
* Corry7
* Jamestown7
* Randolph7
* Salamanca7
* Olean7
* Cuba6
* Friendship6
* Belmont6
* Wellsville7
* Andover6
* Hornell7
* Addison6
* Corning7
* Elmira7
* Waverly7
* Owego6
* Endicott6
* Binghamton7
* New Milford6
* Scranton7
* Tobyhanna6
* Pocono Summit7
* Cresco7
* East Stroudsburg7
* Blairstown7
* Dover
* Summit
* Brick Church
* Newark
* Hoboken

6Closed in the 1960s
7Closed in 1970
CClosed by Conrail in 1977

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Erie Railroad New York Division stations

Main Line|

* Pavonia Terminal
* Rutherford-East Rutherford
* Carlton Hill
* Passaic Park
* Prospect Street
* Passaic
* Harrison Street
* Clifton
* Lake View
* Paterson
* River Street
* Hawthorne
* Ferndale
* Glen Rock
* Ridgewood
* Hohokus
* Waldwick
* Allendale
* Ramsey
* Westervelts
* Mahwah
* Suffern
* Hillburn
* Ramapo
* Sterlington
* Sloatsburg
* Tuxedo
* Southfields
* Harriman
* Monroe
* Oxford
* Greycourt
* Chester
* Goshen
* New Hampton
* Main Street–Middletown
* Middletown
* Howells
* Otisville
* Graham
* Port Jervis
* Sparrowbush

| Bergen County Railroad|

* Garfield
* Spring Tank
* Plauderville
* Warren Point
* Radburn
* Glen Rock

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New Jersey and New York Railroad|

* Carlstadt
* Woodridge–Moonachie
* Hasbrouck Heights
* Williams Avenue
* Hackensack
* Central Avenue
* Anderson Street
* Fairmount Avenue
* North Hackensack
* River Edge
* New Milford
* Oradell
* Emerson
* Westwood
* Hillsdale
* Hillsdale Manor
* Woodcliff Lake
* Park Ridge
* Montvale
* Pearl River
* Nanuet
* Spring Valley
* Union
* New Hempstead
* Pomona
* Mount Ivy
* Theills
* West Haverstraw
* Haverstraw

| New City Branch|

* Bardonia
* Germonds
* Durant
* New City

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Northern Branch|

* Susquehanna Transfer
* North Bergen
* New Durham
* Fairview
* Ridgefield
* Morsemere
* Palisades Park
* Leonia
* Sheffield Avenue
* Englewood
* Hudson Avenue
* Tenafly
* Cresskill
* Demarest
* Closter
* Norwood
* Northvale
* Tappan
* Sparkill
* Piermont
* Grand View
* South Nyack
* Nyack

New York and Greenwood Lake Railway|

* Arlington
* West Arlington
* North Newark
* Forest Hill
* Soho
* Belwood Park
* Rowe Street
* Orchard Street
* Bloomfield
* Glen Ridge
* Montclair
* Watchung Avenue
* Upper Montclair
* Mountain Avenue
* Montclair Heights
* Great Notch
* Little Falls
* Singac
* Mountain View
* Wayne
* Pequannock
* Pompton Plains
* Pompton–Riverdale
* Pompton Junction
* Haskell
* Wanaque–Midvale
* Boardville
* Monks
* Hewitt
* Awosting
* Greenwood Lake Glens
* Sterling Forest

| Newark Branch|

* Harrison
* Kearny
* Newark
* Riverside
* Woodside
* Essex
* Belleville
* Walnut Street–Nutley
* Nutley
* Franklin Avenue–Nutley
* Allwood
* Athenia
* South Paterson

|

Orange Branch|

* Silver Lake
* Bloomfield Avenue
* East Orange
* Brighton Avenue
* Orange
* Llewellyn
* West Orange

Caldwell Branch|

* Cedar Grove
* Overbrook
* Verona
* Caldwell
* Monomonock Inn
* Essex Fells

Ringwood Branch|

* Erskine
* Ringwood

Piermont Branch|

* Piermont Landing
* Orangeburg
* Blauvelt
* Nanuet
* Spring Valley
* Monsey
* Monsey Heights
* Tallmans
* Daters Crossing

Newburgh Branch|

* Craigville
* Blooming Grove
* Washingtonville
* Salisbury Mills
* Vails Gate
* Vails Gate Junction
* New Windsor
* West Newburgh
* Newburgh

Newburgh Shortcut|

* Arden House
* Central Valley
* Highland Mills
* Woodbury
* Houghton Farm
* Mountainville
* Enderlin

Pine Island Branch|

* Station H
* Stewarts
* Orange Farm
* Florida
* Big Island
* Mount Eve
* Pine Island

Montgomery Branch|

* Kipps
* Campbell Hall
* Neely Town
* Beaver Dam
* Montgomery

Middletown and Crawford Branch|

* Circleville
* Bullville
* Thompson Ridge
* Van Keurens
* Pine Bush

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