Caldwell station
Caldwell | |||||||||||
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The Caldwell station site in February 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bloomfield Avenue (CR 506), Caldwell, New Jersey 07006 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′09″N 74°16′17″W / 40.8359°N 74.2714°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Caldwell Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1757 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 20, 1891 (formal opening) July 4, 1891 (passenger opening) | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1904 | ||||||||||
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| August 6, 1965 | Station depot razed | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Caldwell station was the fourth of six stations on the Erie Railroad Caldwell Branch, located in Caldwell, New Jersey. The station was located on Bloomfield Avenue (County Route 506) just north-east of Caldwell College (now Caldwell University). The station opened in 1891 as the terminus of the Caldwell Railroad, a branch of the New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad that forked off at Great Notch station in Little Falls, Passaic County.
Caldwell station was one of two stations in the borough, the other being located at the Monomonock Inn, a local hotel that closed in 1940. Service was extended in 1891 to nearby Essex Fells. The original station in Caldwell, built in June 1891, was moved by horse to nearby Verona station in 1905 after the latter burned down. The railroad used 12 horses to get the depot, which was serving as a freight depot, down to Verona.
Caldwell station existed through the end of service on the Caldwell Branch, when the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad discontinued service on September 30, 1966. The borough had the station demolished a year prior on August 6, 1965.