Garfield station (NJ Transit)
Garfield | |||||||||||||
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Garfield station as seen in June 2011 facing northward from the inbound platform. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Midland Avenue and Passaic Street, Garfield, New Jersey 07026 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′59″N 74°06′19″W / 40.8664°N 74.1054°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 160, 161, 702, 707, 709, and 758 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 2113 (Erie Railroad) | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | October 1, 1881 | ||||||||||||
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| June 18, 1973 | Station depot burns | ||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 97 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||
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Garfield station is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located at the north end of a bridge over Midland Avenue (County Route 67), the station services trains of NJ Transit's Bergen County Line between Suffern station in Suffern, New York and Waldwick station in Waldwick, New Jersey to Hoboken Terminal on the west side of the Hudson River. Garfield station consists of two asphalt low-level side platforms. It is one of two stations in Garfield on the Bergen County Line, with Plauderville at Outwater Lane. Garfield station is devoid of any parking for cars.
Garfield station began with the construction of the Bergen County Shortcut between Rutherford–East Rutherford station and Ridgewood station. That line opened on October 1, 1881. The station depot was a small one-story wooden frame station on the inbound tracks. It burned down in a fire on June 18, 1973.