Walnut Street (NJT station)

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Walnut Street
Station statistics
Lines	Montclair-Boonton Line
Tracks	2
Parking	198 spots
Bicycle facilities	parking rack
Other information
Opened	1873
Electrified	30 September 2002
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	5
Formerly	Erie Plaza
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	212,160 ▬ 0%
Services
Preceding station   New Jersey Transit   Following station Watchung Avenue toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Bay Street toward Hoboken or New York Penn

Walnut Street is a New Jersey Transit station on Walnut Street at Depot Square in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line.

Walnut Street is the second or fourth (depending the station of origin) of six stops along the Montclair Branch of the Boonton line that are in Montclair. Built in 1873 by the Montclair Railway, the station was the Erie Railroad's main station in Montclair. It is located at the corner of Walnut Street and Depot Square.^[1] It has a farmer's market in its parking lot during some months and has the "Erie Saloon" restaurant in the station building. The station was formerly known as Erie Plaza. In 1953 current building was erected and the old station was demolished. In 1973 a freight train derailed at the station. the Montclair Connection a few streets after the station. It is 12.1 miles to New YOrk City by train from Walnut Street. service from and to this station is listed: ^[2]

• hence
  • 12 departures to Hoboken
  • 20 departures to New York
  • 2 departures to Dover
  • 2 departures to Lake Hopatcong
  • 1 departure to Mount Olive
  • 3 departures to Hackettstown
  • 32 departures to Montclair State University
• hither
  • 1 arrival from Hackettstown
  • 1 arrival from Mount Olive
  • 1 arrival from Lake Hopatcong
  • 14 arrivals from Hoboken
  • 19 arrivals from New York
  • 32 arrivals from Montclair State University

all stopping at intermediate points

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