Haskell station

Haskell
The site of Haskell station in April 2018, facing the former Doty Road crossing.
General information
LocationDoty Road at Greenwood Avenue, Haskell, Wanaque, New Jersey 07420
Coordinates41°01′45″N 74°17′56″W / 41.029221°N 74.298938°W / 41.029221; -74.298938
Line(s)New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code1787
History
Openedc.1909
ClosedSeptember 30, 1966 (September 30, 1966)
Rebuilt1916
1952
ElectrifiedNot electrified
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Wanaque–Midvale
toward Sterling Forest
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Pompton Junction

Haskell was a former commuter railroad station in the Haskell section of Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Located at the Doty Road grade crossing in Wanaque, trains operated on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railway between Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City and Wanaque–Midvale station. The next station to the north was Wanaque–Midvale while the next station to the south from c.19091930 was Pompton Junction. Afterwards, the next stop was Pompton–Riverdale. Haskell station consisted of a single low-level side platform and a three-sided shelter for protection.

Rail service in Haskell began on January 1, 1873 with the introduction of the Montclair Railway between Pavonia Terminal and Monks station in West Milford. However, Haskell was not an original station, with the two stops in Wanaque being at the crossing of modern County Route 511 known as Wanaque and the station in Midvale. With the establishment of a workers community for the DuPont smokeless powder plant in Wanaque, rail service began operating a stop known as Haskell c.1909. In 1913, after some political wrangling, the Erie were forced to build a proper station depot, which came in 1916. Just 34 years later, fighting began between Wanaque and the railroad about demolishing the depot, resulting in a fight between August 1950 and March 1952, when the sides agreed to a deal. The railroad replaced the stucco station depot with a three-sided station shelter from Harrison. Service ended on September 30, 1966.