Montclair State University station

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| name=Montclair State University Station
at Little Falls

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| image_caption=Montclair State University station parking deck

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| other={{bus icon|12px|Shuttle Bus}} MSU campus shuttles

| platform=1 high level island platform

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| tracks=2

| parking=1530 spots

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| passengers=583 (average weekday){{cite web | url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf | title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS | publisher=New Jersey Transit | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf | archive-date=April 19, 2013 | url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|last=Kiefer|first=Eric|date=February 21, 2018|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=July 18, 2018|language=en}}

| pass_year=2017

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| opened=April 28, 2003 (unofficial){{cite news |title=Rail Schedules to Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27840915/montclair_heights_april_24_2003/ |access-date=May 5, 2020 |work=The Montclair Times |date=April 24, 2003 |page=A2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
October 20, 2004 (official)

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| accessible=yes

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|line1=Montclair-Boonton|left1=Great Notch|right1=Montclair Heights|note-mid1=until January 17, 2010

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Montclair State University, signed as Montclair State University Station at Little Falls, is a NJ Transit rail station on Clove Road near Route 46 and the Montclair State University campus in the Great Notch area of Little Falls, New Jersey on the Montclair–Boonton Line.{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainSchedulesFrom&selStation=38081|title=Station Information: Montclair State University|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=July 7, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=1526|title=Montclair State University Station And 1,500-Spot Parking Deck Officially Opens: "See More Spots" marketing campaign begins|date=October 20, 2004|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=July 7, 2009|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084440/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=1526|url-status=dead}} The station opened in 2004.

History

The station opened on October 20, 2004, and was built for $26 million,{{cite web

|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=507

|title=NJ Transit Awards Contract For New Train Station At Montclair State University: $26 Million Project will Support New Direct Rail Service to New York|date=June 12, 2002

|publisher=New Jersey Transit|quote=The NJ Transit Board of Directors today awarded a $26 million contract to Prismatic Development Corporation of Plainfield, NJ, to design and build a new station, a 1,300-space parking facility and traffic improvements near Montclair State University (MSU) on the Boonton Line in Little Falls.|access-date=July 7, 2009}} following the completion of the Montclair Connection. Although the station itself was not officially open, a temporary platform was built to allow the under-construction station to serve one of its main purposes as the Montclair-Boonton Line's primary transfer station.

Station layout and service

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The station has two tracks and one sheltered, high-level island platform with an elevated walkway over the tracks connectied to the parking deck and college campus. The station is equipped with ticket machines and DepartureVision monitors displaying train statuses. It is handicapped accessible as the platform is fully elevated and elevators are available in addition to stairs. The station was intended to be a park-and-ride, near a highway and with a large parking deck.

There is no direct bus service; the university bus stop is on the opposite side of campus near the Montclair Heights station. Campus shuttles, however, do serve the station.

All Montclair–Boonton Line trains alight at this station. Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station terminates here, as the line west of the nearby yard is not electrified. The station is a major transfer point for riders because many trains terminate here, it is the first station on the line with service to New York Penn Station, and it is the first local stop of express trains.

Montclair State University is not served on weekends, with weekend service on the line terminating at Bay Street.{{cite web|url=http://themontclarion.org/archives/1046|title=Montclair-Booton Line Extends its Trail: MSU Not on the Stop List|work=The Montclarion (MSU newspaper)|last1=Job|first1=Gail|last2=Moskovitz|first2=Jade|date=January 26, 2009|access-date=January 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617082240/http://www.themontclarion.org/archives/1046|archive-date=June 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

Category:NJ Transit Rail Operations stations

Category:Montclair, New Jersey

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004

Category:Railway stations in Essex County, New Jersey

Category:Railway stations in New Jersey at university and college campuses

Category:2004 establishments in New Jersey