Garfield station (NJ Transit)

Garfield is a New Jersey Transit train station served by the Bergen County Line in the city of Garfield. Located north of a trestle over Midland Avenue (County Route 67), the station consists of two low-level platforms with a shelter and a pair of ticket vending machines.

"Garfield station" redirects here. For other uses, see Garfield station (disambiguation).
Garfield
Garfield station as seen in June 2011 facing northward from the inbound platform.
General information
LocationMidland Avenue and Passaic Street,
Garfield, New Jersey 07026
Coordinates40.8664°N 74.1054°W / 40.8664; -74.1054
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 low-level side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus: 160, 161, 702, 707, 709, and 758
Other information
Station code2113 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone4
History
OpenedOctober 1, 1881[2][3]
Key dates
June 18, 1973Station depot burns[4]
Passengers
2018175 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Plauderville
toward Suffern
 Bergen County Line Wesmont
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Plauderville
toward Ridgewood
 Bergen County Railroad Rutherford
toward Jersey City

Garfield station has hourly weekday inbound service to Hoboken Terminal/Secaucus Junction until the afternoon, with the last train leaving Garfield before 4:00 pm. Return service continues all day, with the last train stopping at approximately 1:00 am. Weekend service operates on a more frequent basis inbound.

History

In recent years, both stations in Garfield were relatively bare bones in structure. The station depot at Garfield burned down in 1973.[6][7] However, Plauderville saw more commuters due to its ample amount of parking. In 2011, however, NJT gave Plauderville station a major overhaul by building high level platforms, making the station fully handicap accessible, and added more frequent service; which resulted in increased ridership at Plauderville.[8] However ridership diminished again and service was scaled back .

Station layout
The former station depot at Garfield, c. 1907–1912

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Parking is also very limited, as there are only bicycle racks on the Hoboken-bound platform and no street automobile parking. Pedestrian access is available via two staircases on Passaic Street, and at grade level on Somerset Street which runs near the end of the platforms.

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. "A Short History of Garfield". The Garfield Guardian. January 11, 1963. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved July 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Poor 1884, p. 167.
  4. "Fire Demolishes Garfield RR Station". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. June 19, 1973. p. 15. Retrieved May 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Kiefer, Eric. "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  6. "Fire Hits Garfield Erie Depot". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. June 19, 1973. p. 15. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. "Rail Shelter Proposal Made". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. August 22, 1973. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.


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