Wood-Ridge station

Wood-Ridge (formerly known as Woodridge–Moonachie[6]) is an NJ Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey and is located at Park Place East, near the intersection of Route 17.

Not to be confused with Woodbridge station on the North Jersey Coast Line.
Wood-Ridge
The Wood-Ridge station in September 2011, from the bridge above the station.
General information
LocationPark Place East (under Route 17 / Moonachie Avenue interchange)
Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075
Coordinates40.8437°N 74.0789°W / 40.8437; -74.0789
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Station code763 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone3[2]
History
OpenedJanuary 21, 1861[3][4]
Rebuilt1967[5]
Previous namesWoodridge–Moonachie[6]
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agent eliminated[7]
Passengers
2018305 (average weekday)[8]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Teterboro
toward Spring Valley
 Pascack Valley Line Secaucus Junction
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Hasbrouck Heights
toward Haverstraw
 New Jersey and New York Railroad Carlstadt
toward Jersey City

History

The station originates back to the 1860s as part of the Hackensack and New York Railroad. The station at Wood-Ridge was soon replaced by a larger building on the opposite side of the tracks until 1967, when a widening of Route 17 caused the need to demolish the station depot. Along with Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt, Hasbrouck Heights and Williams Avenue stations were all demolished.[5]

Until 2016, the Wood-Ridge station was the only one to serve the town. This changed when the Wesmont station serving the Bergen County Line opened near Wood-Ridge's border with Wallington.

Station layout

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1861" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 6. Retrieved November 19, 2022. Jan. 21, 1861 – Hackensack & New York Railroad begins operating into the Jersey City Terminal of the New Jersey Railroad; 6'-0" gauge track extended in station.
  4. "Railroad Miscellany". The Railroad Record. Cincinnati, Ohio: 567. January 17, 1861. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.
  6. Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
  7. "Ticket Sales at Wood-Ridge Station to End". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. April 21, 1981. p. B4. Retrieved February 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. Kiefer, Eric. "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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