Wesmont (NJT station)
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 Wesmont station under construction in February 2015 | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′19″N 74°05′49″W / 40.855302°N 74.096898°WCoordinates: 40°51′19″N 74°05′49″W / 40.855302°N 74.096898°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opening | May 15, 2016 (planned)[1] | ||||||||||
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Wesmont is a New Jersey Transit (NJT) train station being built as part of the $400 million re-development of a former Curtiss-Wright aircraft engine plant site in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, United States. The station is expected to open on May 15, 2016.
Once completed, Wesmont will be one of two rail stations in Wood-Ridge. NJT's Pascack Valley Line serves the existing Wood-Ridge station. NJT's Bergen County Line will serve the new Wesmont station, positioned between Garfield and Rutherford stations, and two stops away from Secaucus Junction.
History
NJT announced plans for the station on June 11, 2008,[2] with the overall re-development of the 70-acre site expected to include over 700 housing units, 130,000 square feet (12,000 m2) of retail and office space, a middle school, and a community center.[3] Construction was scheduled to begin in 2009, with the station originally due to open in 2011. However, PCB contamination of the land required extensive environmental cleanup,[4] after previous work for asbestos removal.[5]
The first residential apartments opened on February 14, 2012,[6][7] and the train station had its official groundbreaking on March 11, 2014.[8] In March 2016, NJ Transit officials announced that the station would open on May 15, 2016.[9]
References
- ↑ "Main-Bergen County Line Timetable - Effective May 15, 2016" (PDF). njtransit.com. New Jersey Transit. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ↑ NJ Transit Press Release, June 11, 2008, "Wood-Ridge to Gain New Train Station on Bergen County Line"
- ↑ Real Estate Weekly, June 11, 2008, "AvalonBay Communities joins team for Wesmont job"
- ↑ NJ Transit Board Items, March 13, 2013, "Bergen County Line Right-Of-Way Remediation Project"
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2011, "Stalled Wood-Ridge Hub Tries to Get on Track"
- ↑ Wood-Ridge Newsletter, August 2013, "Wesmont Moves Ahead With Next Phase"
- ↑ Avalon at Wesmont, February 13, 2012, "February 14th, all of our residents will start moving in"
- ↑ Community News, March 12, 2014, "Wesmont Train Station breaks ground in Wood-Ridge"
- ↑ Maag, Christopher (March 29, 2016). "Wesmont train station in Wood-Ridge to open in May". The Record. Retrieved April 15, 2016.