| West Arlington | |||||||||||
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The site of the former West Arlington Station. The building burned down in 1976. |
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| Address | North Midland Road, Kearny, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Lines | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||||||||||
| Levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 main line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1906[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1966 | ||||||||||
| Code | 1703[2] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Erie Railroad (1906–1960) Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976) |
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West Arlington Station was a former railroad station in the Arlington section of Kearny in Hudson County). The station was used by the Erie Railroad along its New York & Greenwood Lake Railroad division. The second of two stations in Arlington, the station was located on North Midland Avenue, just off the intersection with Hudson County Route 699 (Passaic Avenue). Along with a passenger train portion, West Arlington Station also held WR Tower, the interlocking tower to handle the nearby swing bridge over the Passaic River. The station was constructed in 1906, with a single story passenger train station and a double story WR Tower attached to the building.
The station saw its last passenger train in 1966, a train along the Caldwell Branch of the New York and Greenwood Lake, which ended the need for the old station half, although that was not torn out. The last Erie-Lackawanna Railway train to cross the nearby swing bridge and use WR Tower was in 1976, when the system was turned over to Conrail. In 1976, the old West Arlington station burned down and was not replaced. The Montclair Connection caused the alignment and the swing bridge to no longer be needed. Passenger service along the alignment ended on September 20, 2002.