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The new high-level westbound platforms at Plauderville are visible from the eastbound platform as seen in October 2011. |
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| Address | Midland Avenue, Garfield, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | NJT Bus: 160 and 758 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | August 20, 2009[1] – October 10, 2011[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | 2119 (Erie Railroad)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 357 (average weekday) 4.76% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Plauderville Station is a New Jersey Transit train station served by Bergen County Line trains. The station is in Garfield, New Jersey, USA, located along Midland Avenue at Plauderville Avenue. Prior to the opening of high level platforms at the station on October 11, 2011, Plauderville Station was regarded as being in Garfield despite the station platform being partially in Garfield's neighbor Saddle Brook; the border passed between the Suffern and Hoboken bound platforms while the parking lot for the station was in Garfield. With the parking lot now adjacent to the platform, the entire station resides in Garfield.
Like the other station in Garfield, Plauderville is a limited service station used mostly by commuters to Hoboken. Service to Hoboken ends in the early afternoon while return trips continue all day, ending in the early morning hours. Starting in 2009, with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, New Jersey Transit got funds to construct high-level platforms at Plauderville on the south side of Midland Avenue. Trains used the low-level platform until October 10, 2011, when trains were moved to the completed high-level platforms. This construction adds Plauderville to the list of stations on the Bergen County Line in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, along with Rutherford station and Glen Rock's Boro Hall station.
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The current Plauderville station is located on Midland Avenue in Saddle Brook and Garfield, New Jersey. It is designed with two low-level platforms on the north side of Midland Avenue. The station has 259 parking spaces divided among three different free parking lots owned by New Jersey Transit. The first and largest lot is next to where the current high-level platforms are being built, contains 224 parking spaces, seven of which are accessible for handicap persons. The second is located on Midland Avenue and Hartman Street, serving as 21 extra spaces, but these are not handicap-accessible. The final parking lot is located on Outwater Lane at the Henrietta Road junction, containing 14 parking spaces near the in-construction inbound platform. None are handicap-accessible. Two ticket vending machines are provided on the inbound platform, along with bicycle racks.[5] The station receives stops from two buses maintained by New Jersey Transit Bus Operations, including the 160, which serves Port Authority Bus Terminal from its impetus at Elmwood Park, New Jersey during rush hours.[6] The 758 also serves Plauderville station on its way between Passaic Bus Terminal in Passaic to the malls in Paramus.[7]
Train service to Plauderville is limited outside of rush hour service. The first train to enter the Plauderville station on its way to Hoboken Terminal on a weekday arrives at 5:43 am from Port Jervis. The last train heading towards Hoboken leaves Plauderville at 3:41 pm, which makes all stops from Suffern to Hoboken Terminal. Heading in the opposite direction, towards Waldwick, Suffern and Port Jervis, the first train to stop in the weekday morning arrives at 7:19 in the morning, which heads to Suffern. The last to arrive at Plauderville is Train 41, which stops at 1:06 the next morning on its way to Port Jervis.[4] As of March 13, 2011, Plauderville station is located in the fifth fare zone, and tickets are adjustable between Hoboken Terminal and New York Pennsylvania Station. From Hoboken, a one-way ticket costs $6.75, $3.00 for a reduced costs. Weeklies cost the commuter $59.50 and monthlies would cost $193.00. 10 trip tickets can also be bought, costing the customer $67.50. With the terminal as New York, the costs would adjust to $5.25 one-way, $2.25 reduced, $47.50 for weeklies and $156.00 for monthlies. 10-trips can also be bought for $52.50.[4]
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed in 2009 by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, New Jersey Transit received funding for new high-level platforms at Plauderville station. These new high-level platforms would build a new station for persons with handicaps, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The cost of the project was $16 million (2009 USD).[8] On August 12, 2009, a $7.9 million contract for the construction construction was given to Anselmi and DeCicco Inc. with improvements including new 450-foot (140 m) long side platforms that also have glass paneling for history of Garfield. The city manager of Garfield, Tom Duch, said the station may include a statue of the late president James Garfield, who the city is named after.[1] Once construction is completed, Plauderville will be one of three stations on the Bergen County Line besides Secaucus Junction that is handicap-accessible. The other stations are Glen Rock-Boro Hall and Rutherford for access to handicap facilities.[4]
As of the 5:43 am Hoboken-bound stop on October 10, 2011, trains will no longer stop at the low-level platform on the northern side of Midland Avenue. At that point all trains will stop on the new high-level platforms.[2]
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