Wesmont (NJT station)
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Wesmont station under construction in February 2015
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Wesmont Station 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 in early 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,[1] 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.[2] Construction was scheduled to begin in 2009, with the station due to open in 2011. However, PCB contamination of the land required extensive environmental cleanup.[3] The first residential apartments opened on February 14, 2012.[4][5] The train station had its official groundbreaking on March 11, 2014, with completion projected for late 2015[6][7][8] and passenger service expected for early 2016 along with 330 new parking spaces.[9]
References
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Wood-Ridge Newsletter, August 2014, "Working on the Railroad Station"
- ↑ NJ Transit Capital Projects, retrieved June 26, 2015, "Wesmont Rail Station Construction"
- ↑ The Record, October 14, 2015, "NJ Transit moves ahead on Hudson tunnel environmental work"
