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Roselle Park station

Roselle Parkis aNew Jersey Transitrailroad station inRoselle Park, New Jersey.Located on theConrail Lehigh Line,which is owned byConrail Shared Assets Operationson West Lincoln Avenue between Chestnut Street and Locust Street, it is served byRaritan Valley Linetrains that travel betweenNewark Penn StationandRaritan.There is also limited service betweenHigh BridgeandNew York Penn Stationand one weekday morning train toHoboken Terminal.

Roselle Park
The Roselle Park station platform
General information
LocationWest Lincoln Avenue and Donald Place,Roselle Park, New Jersey,U.S.
Coordinates40°40′02″N74°16′00″W/ 40.6672°N 74.2666°W/40.6672; -74.2666
Line(s)Lehigh Line
Distance17.2 miles (27.7 km) fromNew York Penn Station[1]
Platforms1island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJ Transit Bus:94,113
Construction
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone6
History
OpenedFebruary 3, 1891[2]
RebuiltApril 30, 1967
Passengers
2012845 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Cranford
towardHigh Bridge
 Raritan Valley Line Union
towardNew York Penn StationorHoboken
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Flemington Junction
towardBuffalo
 Main Line Townley
towardNew YorkorJersey City
Aldene
towardBuffalo
Location
Map
For former Central Railroad of New Jersey station closed in 1978, seeRoselle–Roselle Park station.

History

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The station is located at milepost 16.0 on theConrailLehigh Line,part of the formerLehigh Valley Railroadmain line, built by LV subsidiary Newark and Roselle Railway. The second station to stand on the property, it was built in 1967 during the construction of theAldene Plan.TheAldene Planwas a joint project between the railroads,New Jersey Department of Transportation,and ThePort Authority of New York and New Jerseywhich elevated trackage above ground level to eliminate grade crossings and reroutedCentral Railroad of New Jerseytrains, one of NJ Transit's predecessor railroads, from its agingJersey Cityterminal toPennsylvania StationinNewark.[4]

Station layout and service

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The station has one high-levelisland platformserving two tracks. The platform is 834 feet (254 m) long and accommodates nine cars. There is no elevator connecting the platform with the entrance.[5]

References

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  1. ^NJ Transit (2005).NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics.pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
  2. ^"Will Open in February".The Plain Speaker.Hazleton, Pennsylvania.February 2, 1891. p. 8.RetrievedApril 19,2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^"QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS"(PDF).New Jersey Transit. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on April 19, 2013.RetrievedDecember 31,2012.
  4. ^"New Jersey Transit Raritan Line".world.nycsubway.org.RetrievedJuly 13,2013.
  5. ^"RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN"(PDF).July 2020. pp. 76, 81.RetrievedJune 9,2023.
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