User:Mitchazenia/Oakland station (New Jersey)

Oakland
Oakland station, c. 1907–1912
General information
Location	399 Ramapo Valley Road (US 202 / CR 91), Oakland, New Jersey
Line(s)	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	1141
History
Opened	April 8, 1871 (April 8, 1871)
Closed	June 30, 1966 (June 30, 1966)
Rebuilt	December 21, 1957–August 2, 1958
Electrified	Not electrified
Key dates
November 25, 1957	1871 station depot razed
Services
Preceding station New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Following station West Oakland toward Stroudsburg Main Line Crystal Lake toward Susquehanna Transfer or Jersey City

Oakland was a commuter railroad train station in the borough of Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey. The station, located on U.S. Route 202/County Route 91, serviced trains of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, a line between Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City and Butler station in the eponymous borough. The next station to the west was West Oakland, while the next station to the east was Crystal Lake. Oakland station consisted of a single low-level side platform.

Service in Oakland started on April 8, 1871 with the extension of the New Jersey Midland Railway to Pompton Township. The station depot there lasted until November 25, 1957, when they razed the wooden structure for construction of a new post office, which opened in August 1958. Service ended in Oakland on June 30, 1966.

History

The site of Oakland station in October 2011

Bibliography

• Catlin, George L. (1872). Homes on the Midland for New York Business Men. New York, New York: J. W. Pratt.
• Mohowski, Robert E. (2003). The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7222-7.