Ampere station
A view of the Ampere station before its closing, by the Historic American Engineering Record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ampere Plaza and Whitney Place, East Orange, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 601 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 24, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 7, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 3, 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ampere Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 1907 train station depot, slowly falling apart. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ampere Plaza and Whitney Place, East Orange, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′55″N 74°11′40″W / 40.76528°N 74.19444°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Frank J. Nies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002628 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 1073 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Significant dates | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Removed from NRHP | October 30, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ampere, formerly known as The Crescent, is a defunct stop on New Jersey Transit's Montclair Branch (current-day Montclair–Boonton Line) in the city of East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. A station was first built there in 1890 to service to new Crocker Wheeler plant in the district. The stop was named in honor of André-Marie Ampère, a pioneer in electrodynamics and reconstructed as a new Renaissance Revival station in 1908. Ampere was the second stop on the branch west of Newark Broad Street Station until 1984, when the Roseville Avenue station was closed. In June of that year, the station, along with 42 others, was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. In 1986, after continuous deterioration, New Jersey Transit demolished the westbound shelter built in 1921. The agency discontinued rail service to Ampere on April 7, 1991. The entire station was demolished in 1995.