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NJ Transit Increases Weekend Rail Service at Select Stations


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4 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

Makes sense to have the stop at Teterboro. With the Amazon fulfillment center there, plus the nearby neighborhood, I would say it might have been a bit overdue.

Unfortunately, the neighborhood isn't really accessible from the train station. There is a fence separating it, and to reach the neighborhood you would either have to walk along the expressway-like portion of US-46 (and some portions of those exit ramps have no sidewalks whatsoever), or walk all the way down to Malcolm Avenue and cross Route 17 (which is super-wide and is also basically a highway). So you can only realistically get to the shopping center and Amazon Center from that station.

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1 hour ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

Unfortunately, the neighborhood isn't really accessible from the train station. There is a fence separating it, and to reach the neighborhood you would either have to walk along the expressway-like portion of US-46 (and some portions of those exit ramps have no sidewalks whatsoever), or walk all the way down to Malcolm Avenue and cross Route 17 (which is super-wide and is also basically a highway). So you can only realistically get to the shopping center and Amazon Center from that station.

Yeah, just checked it out on Google Maps for myself. Well that sucks.

It wouldn't hurt to allow access to that station from the west. If a walkway from Williams Ave to the south end of the platform is added, it wouldn't cost too much to place and maintain it.

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@BM5 via Woodhaven Before February 2013, people used to come in from Williams Avenue, cross the track, and wait on the platform, but a few years ago they closed that grade-crossing and built a fence (apparently it wasn't a legal grade-crossing but just an unofficial one). They could've just installed some lights, bells, and crossing arms, made it a legal grade crossing and the station would've had better ridership. (The #163/164 and #76 all serve entirely different areas compared to the Pascack Valley Line)

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