Hawthorne station (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad) explained

Hawthorne
Style:Erie Railroad
Coordinates:40.9492°N -74.1539°W
Line:New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad main line
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1 (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad)
Parking:on street
Opened:1872
Closed:June 30, 1966[1]
Rebuilt:1894
Electrified:Not electrified
Accessible:yes
Code:1123 (Erie Railroad)[2]

Hawthorne is a former rail station located in Hawthorne in Passaic County, New Jersey. Volunteer Railroaders Association (aka VRA), a non-profit railroad preservation group leases the station from the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway. The station house is an at-grade single story wooden structure featuring a Dutch gable roof, shiplap siding, and gingerbread trim. It served as the ticket office until June 30, 1966,[1] and was also used as a freight depot building.

The New Jersey Western Railroad built what is now about ten miles of the current New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway right-of way from Hawthorne to Bloomingdale from 1868 to 1870. It was consolidated into the New Jersey Midland Railway.[3] The original station at this location was built in 1872. In 1894 a fire destroyed the station and the station was rebuilt in a larger form. Since 1872, the present station has been located on the corner of Royal Avenue and County Route 654 (Diamond Bridge Avenue).In 2010 the VRA undertook a massive fund raising needed to move the station. The move of just 75 feet within the same plot away from the corner was to alleviate the nearly monthly truck strikes to the southeast roof corner. As a part of this move a concrete brick and poured floor foundation was constructed. The move contractor hired made the move of the station onto the new foundation on September 20, 2010. After the move the areas of deteriorated siding were replaced and adding a new coat of paint was begun. Also added was a deck with safety railing, a fence between the station & the railroad and a garden area in the location of the old station footing.

It is proposed that New Jersey Transit will build a new station for the northern terminus of the Passaic-Bergen Rail Line adjacent to the NJ Transit Main Line's Hawthorne station several blocks away from this station.[4] The neighborhood of the original Erie mainline station would benefit from state funding to improve signage, lighting and parking.[5]

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  1. News: Susquehanna Commuter Service Ends . October 23, 2020 . The Herald-News . July 1, 1966 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: List of Station Names and Numbers. May 1, 1916. Erie Railroad. Jersey City, New Jersey. November 23, 2010.
  3. News: THE NEW-JERSEY MIDLAND.; THE STOCKHOLDERS DEMANDING A SHARE UNDER THE REORGANIZATION . The New York Times . March 11, 1880.
  4. http://nyswpassengerrail.blogspot.com/
  5. News: Hawthorne aims to spruce up rail neighborhood, end parking woes with 'transit village' concept. Shrestha. Kamana. October 21, 2010. The Record. North Jersey Media Group LLC. 1–2. 23 October 2010. Bergen County, New Jersey.