Arlington station (NJ Transit)

Arlington is an abandoned train station in the Arlington section of Kearny, New Jersey. The station was a former stop on the Boonton Line, which runs from Hoboken Terminal to Hackettstown. Train service was discontinued on September 20, 2002 when the Montclair Connection was opened.[4]

Arlington
The site of the former Arlington station as viewed near Garafola Place.
LocationForest Street railroad crossing, Kearny, New Jersey
Coordinates40.7698, -74.1401
Owned byNorfolk Southern
Line(s)
  Boonton Line
Platformsground-level
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code1701 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened1899 (1899)[2]
ClosedSeptember 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)
ElectrifiedN/A
Previous namesConrail, New Jersey Transit
Passengers
2002137[3]
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Rowe Street
toward Hackettstown
 Boonton Line Hoboken
Terminus
North Newark
toward Hackettstown
 Boonton Line
until April 26, 1986
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
West Arlington
toward Wanaque–Midvale or Sterling Forest
 New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Jersey City
Terminus

Accident
Arlington station in 1910 during its days as an Erie station

On September 8, 1965, three Kearny High School students were struck and killed by a two car Erie Lackawanna train.[5] The trio, on their way to the first day of the fall term, crossed the tracks at the Elm Street crossing next to the station despite the gate being down. Thinking the warning lights were for a departing east bound train (towards Hoboken), the three students went around the barrier. A boxcar parked in a siding next to the station blocked the victims from seeing the oncoming west bound express train.[6]

All three (Robert Floyd, 16, Rodney Murdock, 16, and Richard Collins, 15) were killed instantly. Both the train's fireman and conductor were later arraigned on charges of manslaughter. Following the accident, the town of Kearny began to have physical guards at the crossing during school hours.[7]

See also

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
  3. Jung, C. Rae (October 30, 2002). "Commuters Want Old Train Line Reinstated". The South Bergenite. pp. A1, A2. Retrieved February 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. August 27, 2002. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  5. Moberley, Leeds (September 6, 1965). "Train Kills Three N.J. Youths On Way To Opening-Day Classes". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. Staff, The Observer (September 8, 2020). "SIDEBAR NOT IN PRINT — (From 1965) — 3 Kearny High students killed on way to school; 2 juniors, sophomore struck by train at Elm Street grade crossing". The Observer Online. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. Canessa, Kevin (September 8, 2020). "55 YEARS AGO, 3 KHS BOYS KILLED BY TRAIN AT ELM ST. DEPOT". The Observer Online. Retrieved November 11, 2020.


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