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Former railway station in Paterson, New Jersey, US
Vreeland Avenue
Vreeland Avenue station in October 2014.
General information
Location265 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey
Owned byNew York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Line(s)New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Station code1113 (Erie Railroad)
History
Opened1873; 152 years ago (1873)
ClosedJune 30, 1966; 58 years ago (June 30, 1966)
RebuiltSeptember 20, 1949
ElectrifiedNot electrified
Services
Preceding station New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Following station
Broadway–Patersontoward Stroudsburg Main Line East Patersontoward Susquehanna Transfer or Jersey City

Vreeland Avenue was a railroad station in Paterson, New Jersey served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W). until 1966. Service by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, had begun in 1873. The station house dates to 1949. Other extant station buildings from the New Jersey Midland/NYSW can be found at Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland, among other places.

The location in the People's Park neighborhood is potential station of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations proposed Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project.

See also

References

  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. "Around Paterson". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. September 20, 1949. p. 17. Retrieved February 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "New Vreeland Ave. Station". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. September 29, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. Kaminski, Edward S. (2010), NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-7367-0
  5. "Surviving New Jersey Railroad Stations" (PDF). American-Rails.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  6. "Passaic Bergen Hudson Transit Project". njtransit.com. NJ Transit. 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.

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