Broadway station (NJ Transit)

Broadway is an NJ Transit train station served by the Bergen County Line located in Fair Lawn, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is one of two NJ Transit train stations in Fair Lawn, the other being Radburn. The station is located on an overpass above Route 4, which is known as Broadway in Elmwood Park and Fair Lawn.

Broadway
The station at Broadway seen from the Suffern-bound platform in May 2014.
General information
LocationRoute 4 at East 55th Street, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Coordinates40.9223°N 74.1152°W / 40.9223; -74.1152
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 144, 160, 770
Other information
Station code2123 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone6
History
OpenedOctober 1, 1881[2]
Rebuilt1934[3]
Previous namesWarren Point
Key dates
November 17, 1933Station depot burns[4]
Passengers
2018317(average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Radburn
toward Suffern
Bergen County Line Plauderville
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Radburn
toward Ridgewood
Bergen County Railroad Plauderville

History

Originally known as a passenger stop called Warren Point, the elevated Broadway station dates to 1934 when Route 4 was built between Paterson and the George Washington Bridge.

The station recently underwent an upgrade where most of its signage and its shelter was replaced; in addition signs were installed at the corner of Broadway and East 55th Street and on the wall abutting the stairway to the Suffern-bound platform identifying the station as "Broadway Fair Lawn".

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. No parking for the station is available in Fair Lawn. An 80-space permit parking lot is available across Broadway at East 55th Street in Elmwood Park. The station is accessible on foot from Broadway and Rosalie Street, the latter of which dead ends at the Suffern-bound (northbound) platform, and from Broadway using two separate staircases. The Hoboken-bound (southbound) platform has a ticket machine and a shelter.

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1      Bergen County Line toward Waldwick or Suffern (Radburn)
     Port Jervis Line does not stop here
Track 2      Port Jervis Line does not stop here →
     Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Plauderville)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Bus connections

Bibliography

  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1884). Poor's Manual of Railroads. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: H.V. & H.W. Poor. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

References

  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. Poor 1884, p. 167.
  3. "Station Almost Ready". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1934. p. 14. Retrieved July 27, 2020 via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "Warren Point Station Destroyed by Flames". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. November 18, 1933. p. 11. Retrieved July 27, 2020. open access
  5. Kiefer, Eric. "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved September 13, 2022.

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