Vreeland Avenue station

Vreeland Avenue was railroad station in Paterson, New Jersey served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).[3] until 1966. Service by the New Jersey Midland, a predecessor to the NYS&W, had begun in 1873. The station house dates to 1949.[2] Other extant station buildings from the New Jersey Midland/NYSW can be found at Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland, among other places.[4]

Vreeland Avenue
Location	Vreeland Avenue at 21st Avenue Paterson, New Jersey
Owned by	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Line(s)	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	1113 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened	1873 (1873)
Closed	June 30, 1966 (June 30, 1966)
Rebuilt	September 1949[2]
Electrified	Not electrified
Services
Preceding station New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Following station Broadway–Paterson toward Stroudsburg Main Line East Paterson toward Susquehanna Transfer or Jersey City

The location in the People's Park neighborhood is planned station on the proposed Passaic–Bergen Rail Line, a dormant New Jersey Transit Rail Operations project.[5]

See also

• NYSW (passenger 1939-1966) map
• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
2. "New Vreeland Ave. Station". The Morning Call. Allentown, New Jersey. September 29, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Kaminski, Edward S. (2010), NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-7367-0
4. Surviving New Jersey Railroad Stations accessdate 23 October 2016
5. "Passaic-Bergen Passenger Rail Project" (PDF). NJ Transit. 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

External links

• "NY, Susquehanna & Western RR Stations". Flickr. Retrieved 19 February 2016.