Wanaque–Midvale station

WANAQUE–MIDVALE
The former station depot at Wanaque–Midvale, c.19071912
General information
LocationRailroad Avenue at Erie Street, Wanaque, New Jersey 07465
Coordinates41°02′56″N 74°17′17″W / 41.048908°N 74.287954°W / 41.048908; -74.287954
Line(s)New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code1789
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1873 (January 1, 1873)
ClosedSeptember 30, 1966 (September 30, 1966)
Rebuilt1901 (1901)
ElectrifiedNot electrified
Key dates
December 4, 1967Station depot burned
Services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Terminus New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Haskell
Ringwood Junction
(until 1935)
toward Sterling Forest

Wanaque–Midvale was a former commuter railroad station of the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railway branch in Wanaque, New Jersey, United States. When built in 1873, the station served trains running from Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Sterling Forest on the New YorkNew Jersey border alongside Greenwood Lake and trains going to Ringwood on the Ringwood Branch. At the time there were two stations, one at Wanaque and one at Midvale. The next station northbound towards Sterling Forest was Boardville; heading towards Ringwood it was Erskine. The next station south was Haskell.

A new station was built in 1902. Service was cut back from Sterling Forest to Wanaque–Midvale in 1935, when the railroad north of Erskine was abandoned for the construction of roadways through the area, including Passaic County Route 704 (East Shore Road). Service on the line continued into the control of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, becoming a shuttle service between Mountain View station in Wayne and Wanaque–Midvale from October 25, 1963September 30, 1966. Service on the line ended on September 13, 1966, when the shuttle was eliminated. The station depot burned down on December 4, 1967 while vacant.