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Bloomfield station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 40°47′33″N 74°12′3″W / 40.79250°N 74.20083°W

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Bloomfield

Bloomfield station facing downtown Bloomfield from the inbound platform.

General information

Location

19 Lackawanna Plaza, Bloomfield, New Jersey

Coordinates

40°47′34″N 74°12′00″W / 40.7928°N 74.2001°W

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

NJ Transit Bus: 11, 28, go28, 29, 34, 72, 92, 94, 709

Construction

Accessible

Other information

Station code

603 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)^[1]

Fare zone

History

Opened

1855^[2]

Rebuilt

1912^[3]

Electrified

September 3, 1930^[4]

Passengers

2017

1,537 (average weekday)^[5]^[6]

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Glen Ridge toward Hackettstown		Montclair-Boonton Line		Watsessing Avenue toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station	NJ Transit		Following station
Glen Ridge toward Bay Street		Montclair Branch	Watsessing Avenue toward Hoboken
Preceding station	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad		Following station
Glen Ridge toward Montclair		Montclair Branch	Watsessing Avenue toward Hoboken

Bloomfield Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The original station building in circa 1908, prior to the 1912 track elevation

Location

Washington St. and Glenwood Ave., Bloomfield, New Jersey

Coordinates

40°47′33″N 74°12′3″W / 40.79250°N 74.20083°W

Area

2 acres (0.8 ha)

Built

1912

Architect

Nies, Frank J.

Architectural style

Proto-Modern

MPS

Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR

NRHP reference No.

84002631^[7]

Added to NRHP

June 22, 1984

Location

Bloomfield is a New Jersey Transit station in Bloomfield, New Jersey, located along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located in downtown Bloomfield, the second within the municipality, just west of Bloomfield Avenue. This is the second station within the township served on the line after Watsessing Avenue station.

History

The current Glen Ridge, Bloomfield and Watsessing Avenue stations along the Montclair Branch were all built in 1912 during a grade separation program by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.^[3] Bloomfield Station has been on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places since March 17, 1984^[8] and the National Register of Historic Places since June 22, 1984^[9] and as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

The station is the centerpiece of a plan to revitalize Bloomfield's central business district which has been designated a transit-oriented development (TOD) transit village.^[10]^[11] The former headhouse is privately owned but has not been redeveloped. In 2011, the owner announced they would sell the building, enabling the town to influence future plans.^[12]^[13]

Bloomfield station is the terminus of the go bus 28, one of the first lines to use bus rapid transit in New Jersey, making limited stops through Newark to Newark Liberty International Airport.^[14]

Station layout

The station has two ticket machines on the eastbound platform (to Newark and New York). The low-level side platforms are not accessible.

References

^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
^ "Bloomfield Avenue Once a Toll Road and an Important Stagecoach Route". The Montclair Times. Montclair, New Jersey. February 9, 1940. p. 18. Retrieved June 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-58248-214-9.
^ "D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair". The Madison Eagle. September 5, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office (April 1, 2010). "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
^ Essex County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #84002631)
^ "FAQ". Transit Village Initiative. NJDOT. July 9, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^ "Transit-Oriented Development". NJDOT. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
^ Frankl, Jell (September 13, 2011). "Developer backs off from Bloomfield train station". The Record/Bloomfield Life. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
^ Lee, Eunice (November 10, 2013). "Bloomfield sheds reputation for stalled redevelopment projects as buildings rise". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
^ "go bus 28". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.

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Media related to Bloomfield (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

Glenwood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

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