East Paterson station
East Paterson | |||||||||||
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East Paterson station on November 18, 1909 when the station was still named Dundee Lake. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 533 River Drive, East Paterson, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′13″N 74°07′38″W / 40.9037°N 74.1273°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1107 (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 8, 1871 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Dundee Lake (April 8, 1871–October 15, 1928) | ||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||
| October 13, 1969 | 1904 station depot catches fire | ||||||||||
| November 1969 | 1904 station depot razed | ||||||||||
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East Paterson was a former commuter railroad train station in the borough of East Paterson (renamed Elmwood Park in 1973), Bergen County, New Jersey. East Paterson station serviced freight and passenger trains of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway between the eponymous station in Butler to Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City (until December 12, 1958) and Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen until June 30, 1966. The station contained a single low-level side platform and a 60-by-14-foot (18.3 m × 4.3 m) wooden frame depot on the north side of the tracks.
Train service through Saddle River Township began on April 8, 1871 with the opening of the New Jersey Midland Railroad to Pompton Township. At that time, the railroad established a station at Dundee Lake near the Passaic River. Dundee Lake became its own municipality on April 18, 1916 and the station retained that name until October 15, 1928, when the railroad changed it to East Paterson, despite the municipality becoming East Paterson in April 1916. After the discontinuation of passenger service on June 30, 1966, the station sat unused until October 13, 1969, when it caught fire. The depot came down that November.