West Arlington station

West Arlington

The former station depot and tower at West Arlington, facing the cut.

General information
Location| North Midland Avenue
Kearny, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°46′34″N 74°08′57″W﻿ / ﻿40.7761°N 74.1493°W﻿ / 40.7761; -74.1493
Owned by| Erie Railroad (1873-1960)
Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960-1966)
Line(s)| New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2 main line
Construction
Platform levels| 1
Other information
Station code| 1703[1]
History
Opened| January 1, 1873[2]
Closed| September 30, 1966[3]
Rebuilt| 1895
Previous names| Kearny (January 1, 1873-)[4]
Former services
| Preceding station  | Erie Railroad | Following station

|
|

North Newark

toward Sterling Forest

|  | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway |  | Arlington

toward Jersey City

The site of the former West Arlington station in 2010. The building burned down in 1976.

West Arlington was a former commuter railroad train station in the Arlington section of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located overlooking Passaic Avenue (Hudson County Route 699), West Arlington station was one of two in Kearny on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad, the other one being Arlington at Garafola Place. The station contained two low-level side platforms, with a pair of depots, one of which was on each platform. Trains went from Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Wanaque–Midvale station in Wanaque. The next station to the west was North Newark, across nearby WR Draw, a swing bridge over the Route 21, the Passaic River and Passaic Avenue.

West Arlington station opened on January 1, 1873 with the opening of the Montclair Railway between Jersey City and Monks in West Milford in Passaic County. At the time of opening, the station retained the name of Kearny.[4] The station was located at the end of a cut, 0.5-mile (0.80 km) west of Arlington station.[5] West Arlington station, which doubled as the control tower for nearby WR Draw, served passenger trains until September 30, 1966, when the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad discontinued passenger service to the station after a final Caldwell Branch train crossed.[3] The station depot on the eastbound platform remained, standing abandoned until it burned down in 1976.

## Station layout and services[edit]

The tower and station at West Arlington as seen from the opposite shore of the Passaic River in Newark Ground/
Platform level | Side platform

|

Outbound | ← Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Wanaque–Midvale (North Newark)
Inbound | ← Greenwood Lake Division weekdays toward Hoboken (Arlington) →
Side platform, station depot

West Arlington station consisted of two low-level side platforms. the eastbound platform contained a station depot and interlocking tower, accessible from North Midland Avenue and Passaic Avenue. The westbound platform had no shelter at the end of service in 1966, accessible from Passaic Avenue and Laurel Avenue. The western end of the asphalt platforms contained the walkway for WR Draw. The 13-by-31-foot (4.0 m × 9.4 m) interlocking tower built into the eastbound depot contained the mechanics to open the swing bridge over the Passaic River and Route 21. The 1914-installed interlocking system contained 16 levers to operate the bridge and related switches.[3] WR Tower also operated remote control switches at the Forest Hill station in Newark, including the crossover to the Orange Branch, the connection to the eastern main line track from the Orange Branch and a crossover from the Orange Branch to a nearby siding.[6] These services took over the purposes of OJ Tower in Forest Hill, a former 13-by-21-foot (4.0 m × 6.4 m) interlocking tower with 34 levers.[7] The tower also operated the actions of the office in Great Notch for the Caldwell Branch.[6]

When the station opened with the Montclair Railway on January 1, 1873, then-Kearny station operated with 15 trains daily.[5] At the end of service in 1966, West Arlington station serviced only three trains on weekdays. The single eastbound train, which ran to Hoboken Terminal, arrived at 7:53 a.m. on a train from Essex Fells on the Caldwell Branch. West Arlington had two westbound trains from Hoboken, train 1415, which went to Essex Fells, stopping at 5:57 p.m. The other was a train to Wanaque–Midvale, train 1419, which arrived at 6:30 p.m.[8]

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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.
* Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1582481830.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
2. ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
3. ^ a b c Yanosey 2006, p. 66.
4. ^ a b Catlin 1873, p. 11.
5. ^ a b Catlin 1873, p. 15.
6. ^ a b "Timetable 4 Effective 2:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Sunday, October 28, 1962" (PDF). Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. October 28, 1962. p. 41. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
7. ^ Yanosey 2006, p. 69.
8. ^ Erie-Lackawanna Railroad (April 24, 1966). "Erie Lackawanna Suburban Time Tables Effective April 24, 1966 - Greenwood Lake-Boonton Line, Caldwell Branch, Sussex Branch" (PDF). New York, New York: L. Middleditch, Co. Retrieved December 1, 2022.

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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

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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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