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Watchung Avenue (known as Park Street until April 1, 1919) is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Watchung Avenue, Watchung Plaza, and Park Street in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The Watchung Avenue station is on an elevated embankment between Watchung Plaza and Park Street.
[3] [4] Service from Atlantic City to Center City, Philadelphia is provided by one line separate from the rest of the NJT system, though SEPTA Regional Rail service connects Philadelphia and Trenton. [3] [4] [5] Amtrak provides service in New Jersey along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Newark and Trenton and at intermediate points. [3]
The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States. It is part of the Hoboken Division. The line is a consolidation of three individual lines: the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Montclair Branch, which ran from Hoboken Terminal to Bay Street, Montclair.
NJ Transit Rail Operations (reporting mark NJTR) is the rail division of NJ Transit. It operates commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark. NJ Transit also operates rail service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York under contract to Metro-North Railroad.
The station was formerly known as Montclair. [6] In 1953, the current building was erected and the old station was demolished. [5] On October 23, 1973, a freight train derailed at the station. [10] The Montclair Connection, which merged the Montclair Branch and the Boonton Line, is a few streets after the station.
Prior to 2002, the former Montclair Branch, now part of the Montclair–Boonton Line, was included as well. The name refers to the Morris and Essex Railroad , which originally constructed the lines before being leased by the DL&W in 1868, and later outright acquired in 1945.
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A train departs Montclair Heights station in May 2014. Montclair Heights station services trains on the Montclair-Boonton Line, with services to New York City's Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal to the east. To the west, trains depart for nearby Montclair State University, Dover, Hackettstown, and Lake Hopatcong stations. [14]