Clifton station (Erie Railroad)

CLIFTON
The site of the Clifton station in October 2014, now the site of a parking lot for a business.
Location Getty Avenue, Clfton, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°53′24″N 74°08′57″W / 40.8901°N 74.1493°W / 40.8901; -74.1493Coordinates: 40°53′24″N 74°08′57″W / 40.8901°N 74.1493°W / 40.8901; -74.1493
Owned by Erie Railroad (1883–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1963)
Line(s) Erie Railroad Main Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2 main line
Construction
Platform levels 1
Other information
Station code 2135[1]
History
Opened 1889
Closed 1963
Rebuilt 1952
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Jersey City
Harrison Street
toward Jersey City

Clifton station was a former railroad station for the Erie Railroad in Clifton, New Jersey.

History

Clifton station was constructed in 1889 and demolished in 1969.[2]

Passaic Plan

During the 1950s and 1960s, several different priorities from different agencies around the cities of Paterson and Passaic were beginning to form. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, a competing railroad with the Erie, wanted to condense (along with the Erie) services and share trackage because of financial troubles. Secondly, the city officials in Passaic had first brought a proposal to the Erie asking about the removal of the main line through the city, which was tying up traffic in the city during station stops. This, however, was not implemented during the 1950s, as proposed. Instead, the Erie reconstructed the stations at Passaic and Clifton. Third, the New Jersey State Highway Department needed rights-of-way for Interstate 80 through Paterson and State Route 21 through Passaic. The Passaic Park station and the BE Drawbridge needed to be demolished to build State Route 21.[3]

After the merge on October 17, 1960, between the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Erie, the city officials in Passaic once again brought back the possibility of removing the tracks through Main Street, Passaic. This time, the newly formed Erie Lackawanna Railway went forward with it, beginning the process to move its main line onto the former Boonton Branch and Newark Branch through Lyndhurst, Passaic and Clifton.[3] In 1962, the state Public Utility Commission approved the removal of the tracks.[4] In April 1963 the last train passed through the station. The main line was abandoned past Carlton Hill, and BE Drawbridge was swung in the open position, and soon put up for sale price of $0.00 in 1964 by the mayor of Passaic.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Erie Railway, Clifton Station (photo caption page)" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Volume 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 108. ISBN 1-58248-214-4.
  4. ↑ "CENTER OF PASSAIC WILL LOSE TRACKS; Erie-Lackawanna Rerouted to Permit Continuation of New Freeway". The New York Times. 1962-06-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ↑ Gansberg, Martin (June 27, 1964). "A Passaic Bridge To Be Given Away". The New York Times. New York, New York (published June 28, 1964). p. 33. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
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