Little Falls station

40°52′50″N 74°14′07″W / 40.88056°N 74.23528°W / 40.88056; -74.23528

Little Falls
Little Falls station building in September 2014 facing eastbound towards Great Notch.
General information
LocationUnion Avenue, Little Falls, New Jersey 07424
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1 revenue track and 1 siding
Connections NJT Bus: 11, 191, 704, and 705
(on Main Street)
Construction
Parking134 parking spaces
Bicycle facilitiesLockers available
Other information
Station code1765 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone8
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1873
RebuiltJuly 1879
ElectrifiedNot electrified
Passengers
202480 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Wayne Route 23 Montclair–Boonton Line
limited service
Montclair State University
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Wayne Route 23 Montclair–Boonton Line
until January 17, 2010
Great Notch
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Singac
toward Sterling Forest
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Great Notch
Location

Little Falls is an active commuter railroad station in the eponymous township of Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey. The station, located at the end of Union Boulevard, serves trains of NJ Transit's Montclair–Boonton Line only during rush hour. Trains go between New York Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal to Dover and Hackettstown. The station is one of several stops west of Great Notch Yard and east of Denville station that does not have electrified railroad service, resulting in less frequent service. Little Falls station contains a single low-level side platform and the former Erie Railroad-built brick station depot.

Railroad service in Little Falls began on January 1, 1873 with the opening of the Montclair Railway, a short line that would become the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad. Originally one of four stations in the township built by the Erie Railroad, Little Falls is the last remaining station after Great Notch closed on January 17, 2010. Montclair State University station is also within the municipality.