Radburn station

Radburn

The 1930 station depot at Radburn is on the left in May 2014.
Coordinates 40°56′23″N 74°07′18″W / 40.9396°N 74.1217°W / 40.9396; -74.1217
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Bergen County Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 145 and 171
Other information
Fare zone 6[1]
History
Opened 1930
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 1,436 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Suffern
Bergen County Line
toward Hoboken
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
Bergen County Railroad
toward Ridgewood
Radburn-Fair Lawn Station

The depot at Radburn in May 2014.
Location Pollitt Drive, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°56′22″N 74°7′19″W / 40.93944°N 74.12194°W / 40.93944; -74.12194Coordinates: 40°56′22″N 74°7′19″W / 40.93944°N 74.12194°W / 40.93944; -74.12194
Area 0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built 1930
Architect Clarence S. Stein
Architectural style Dutch Colonial Revival
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference # 84002580[3]
NJRHP # 483[4]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP March 17, 1984

Radburn is a New Jersey Transit train station in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, served by the Bergen County Line. It is located on Fair Lawn Avenue in the Radburn section of Fair Lawn, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is one of two New Jersey Transit train stations in Fair Lawn, the other being Broadway.

The station was designed and built in 1930 by Clarence Stein as part of the Radburn development. It has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[3][4][5][6] It is staffed with a station agent weekday mornings.

History

The location of the Radburn development was considered beneficial because of its location on the Erie Railroad with connections to Hoboken, Newark and Manhattan. The designers of the development saw the benefit of a suburban railroad station for planning throughout the New York Metropolitan Area. In July 1928, they proposed the Fairlawn Station Square with a depot that cost $60,000 (1928 USD) and would serve those who would be in the neighborhood after construction of the first 200 homers. The new depot would serve Suffern to the north and Hoboken to the southeast along with connections in the area.[7]

A new railroad depot was constructed on the Bergen County Railroad in 1930. The depot replaced a wooden freight depot that served the area. This new station was designed by Clarence Stein in a Dutch Colonial Revival to keep the idea of modern and efficient and in a similar style of the Radburn neighborhood. The new Radburn station had three sections: a central area that contained the 640-foot (200 m) waiting room and ticket office. This new pavilion contained a sloping and overhanging roof. This south wing of the depot contained the restrooms, and the north wing contained the office of the track superviosr, the baggage room and a porch for customers. The depot had a sandstone design with 14-foot (4.3 m) vaulted ceilings with a slate roof and clapboarding siding.[7]

Station layout

  ■ Bergen County Line toward Suffern (Glen Rock–Boro Hall)
  ■ Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Broadway)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Radburn New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  6. ↑ Bergen County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building #84002580)
  7. 1 2 Edith B. Wallace; Paula S. Reed (June 2004). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Radburn" (PDF). National Park Service. pp. 11, 41. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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