Verona station (Erie Railroad)

Verona is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous township of Verona, Essex County, New Jersey. Located at the junction of Depot and Personette Streets, the station serviced trains of the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Division Caldwell Branch between Great Notch in Little Falls and Essex Fells, where connection was made to the Morristown and Erie Railway. The station contained a single side platform during its existence. The next station towards Great Notch was Cedar Grove while the next station towards Essex Fells was Caldwell.

Rail service in the Verona section of Caldwell Township began with the opening of the Caldwell Branch on July 4, 1891 between Great Notch and Caldwell stations. Service to Essex Fells began in 1892. The original station depot built at Verona by the railroad burned on January 9, 1905 in a fire that destroyed it and the freight house attached. Due to the loss of the structure, Erie Railroad crews moved the original station depot at Caldwell to Verona in February 1905. The replacement depot itself burned on April 1, 1962 due to an electrical fire and was replaced by a three-sided shelter. The Erie Lackawanna Railroad ended passenger service between Great Notch and Essex Fells on September 30, 1966 as part of multiple service cuts.

Verona station would retain freight service until a washout in 1975 eliminated the tracks over the Peckman River. The branch would sit dormant until being officially abandoned in 1979 and the portion between Verona and Great Notch would become the West Essex Trail. To date, the former freight station and baggage shed is one of two remaining extant Caldwell Branch station structures, the other being the original Essex Fells depot, which was converted into a house.