Rowe Street (NJT station)

Rowe Street
The abandoned Rowe Street station facing eastbound towards Belwood Park in April 2014.
Location	Rowe Street at dead-end in Bloomfield, New Jersey
Owned by	Norfolk Southern
Line(s)	Montclair-Boonton Line
Platforms	2 ground-level
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1955[1]
Closed	September 20, 2002[2]
Previous names	Conrail, New Jersey Transit
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Benson Street toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Arlington toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station Belwood Park toward Pavonia Terminal New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad Walnut Street-Bloomfield toward Sterling Forest

Rowe Street is an abandoned train station in the town of Bloomfield, New Jersey. The station was a former stop on the Boonton Line, which runs from Hoboken Terminal to Hackettstown, reaching Rowe Street in Bloomfield. Rowe Street station was known before 1955 as Orchard Street station. The platforms lie in the block between the two streets. The rename has been linked to the elimination of the nearby Bloomfield Walnut Street station two years earlier when the Garden State Parkway was constructed through the site of that station. Rowe Street was a two platform, two track station, with a one-story brick station house.^[1]

Service was discontinued to Rowe Street Station (along with Benson Street in Glen Ridge and Arlington in Kearny) in 2002 when the Montclair Connection was opened.^[2]

References

1. Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color) 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 69. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
2. "Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. August 27, 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

Coordinates: 40°46′11″N 74°08′24″W / 40.7698°N 74.1401°W