Bay Street (NJT station)

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Bay Street
Station statistics
Lines	Montclair-Boonton Line
Connections	NJT Bus: 11, 28, 29, and 34
Tracks	2
Parking	parking garage
Other information
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2002
Electrified	September 3, 1930
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	5
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	172,900 ▬ 0%
Services
Preceding station   New Jersey Transit   Following station Walnut Street toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Glen Ridge toward Hoboken or New York Penn

Bay Street is a New Jersey Transit station on Bay St. between Bloomfield & Glen Ridge Aves. in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. Depending on which way you take the train, it is either the first or last stop in the township of Montclair. The station was built to replace Montclair's Lackawanna Station two blocks to the West, which was closed in 1981. Originally a bare platform and small shelter, Bay Street was rebuilt with mosaics and tilework along with the construction of the Montclair Connection north of it. Bay street was the western terminus of the Montclair Branch before the connection.

All outbound trains and all but one inbound train call at this station. There are hence: inbound

• 20 departures to New York
• 15 departures to Hoboken

outbound

• 4 departures to Hackettstown
• 3 departures to Lake Hopatcong
• 4 departures to Dover
• 1 departure to Mount Olive
• 26 departures to Montclair State University

coming to this station there are:

• 21 arrivals from New York
• 17 arrivals from Hoboken
• 35 arrivals from Montclair State University^[1]
• 1 arrival from Hackettstown
• 2 arrivals from Mount Olive
• 2 arrivals from Lake Hopatcong
• 1 arrival from Denville

^[2] all of which stop at intermediate stations.

Bay Street is one of six stations in the township.

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