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Little Falls, New Jersey
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Little Falls is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The township was named for a waterfall on the Passaic River at a dam near Beattie Mill, Little Falls traces its first settlement to 1711 when seven Bergen Dutch settlers banded together to begin farming. The Speer Homestead dates from circa 1785, the Morris Canal, once an important artery of trade and transportation until 1925 between the Delaware and Hudson rivers, wound its way through the township and vestiges of it still remain. Some parts of which are a greenway, Little Falls was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 2,1868, from portions of Acquackanonk Township. On March 25,1914, portions of the township were taken to form the borough of West Paterson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had an area of 2.810 square miles. Singac is a community and census-designated place located within Little Falls Township. The township has three main sub-divisions, Great Notch is the easternmost part of Little Falls. The downtown area is referred to as The Center of Town, mainly by longtime residents. Singac is in the westernmost portion of the township, much of Singac borders the Passaic River. Little Falls is bordered by the municipalities of Clifton, Totowa, Wayne, Woodland Park in Passaic County and it is located about 15 miles west of New York City. As of the census of 2010, there were 14,432 people,4,740 households, the population density was 5,276.2 per square mile. There were 4,925 housing units at a density of 1,800.5 per square mile. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9. 89% of the population,33. 1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the family size was 3.04. In the township, the population was out with 13. 7% under the age of 18,29. 4% from 18 to 24,21. 0% from 25 to 44,22. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 32.1 years, for every 100 females there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 78.2 males, the Census Bureaus 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that median household income was $78,318 and the median family income was $92,462
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NJ Transit
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NJT also acts as a purchasing agency for many private operators in New Jersey, with numerous private operators receiving equipment from NJT for route service within the state not controlled by NJT. NJT was founded on July 17,1979, an offspring of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and it came into being with the passage of the Public Transportation Act of 1979 to acquire, operate, and contract for transportation service in the public interest. NJT originally acquired and managed a number of bus services, one of the largest being those operated by the states largest electric company. It gradually acquired most of the bus services. In northern New Jersey, many of the bus routes are arranged in a web, in southern New Jersey, most routes are arranged in a spoke-and-hub fashion, with routes emanating from Trenton, Camden, and Atlantic City. Since inception, rail ridership has quadrupled, in the 1990s the rail system expanded, with new Midtown Direct service to New York City and new equipment. On October 21,2001, it opened a new station at Newark Liberty International Airport, on October 31,2005, NJT took over Clocker service from Amtrak. Four new trains were added to the schedule, but cut back to Trenton, during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, the rail operations center of NJ Transit was flooded by 8 feet of water and an emergency generator submerged. Floodwater damaged at least 65 locomotive engines and 257 rail cars, the Governor of New Jersey appoints a seven-member Board of Directors, four members from the general public and three State officials. The Governor has veto power on decisions made by the board, for buses around Trenton, and NJ Transit Rail Operations, Inc. for commuter rail. NJT operates 871 bus routes using 2,477 buses and the Newark Light Rail with 20 light rail vehicles, the bus fleet includes buses purchased for other New Jersey operators above the 2,477. The fleet consists of 52 Kinki Sharyo electric light rail vehicles owned by NJT, Newark Light Rail – two segments serving Newark and the surrounding area. The Newark City Subway has 12 stops, is 4.3 miles long, connecting Newark Penn Station to North Newark, the Broad Street Extension has five stops, is 1.0 mile long, and connects Newark Penn Station to Newark Broad Street Station. The fleet consists of 21 Kinki Sharyo electric light rail vehicles owned and operated by the Central Division of NJT Bus Operations. River Line – a 21-stop 34 miles line from Trenton to Camden along the Delaware River, mostly along the Bordentown Secondary line formerly owned by Conrail, the fleet consists of 20 Stadler GTW diesel light rail vehicles owned by NJT and operated under contract by Bombardier Transportation. NJT operates over 100 diesel locomotives, of which 11 are supplied by Metro-North Railroad as part of an agreement for the Port Jervis Line. It has over 650 push-pull cars, of which 65 are supplied by Metro-North, the New Jersey Transit Police Department is the transit police force for NJT. It is a police agency with statewide jurisdiction with the primary focus on policing the numerous bus depots, rail
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Montclair-Boonton Line
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The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States. It is part of the Hoboken Division, the Montclair-Boonton line was formed when the Montclair Connection opened on September 30,2002. The line serves 28 active rail stations in New Jersey along with New York Pennsylvania Station and it crosses through six counties, serving six stations in the township of Montclair, two in the town of Bloomfield, and one in the city of Newark. Trains to Hoboken run only at rush hour, Passengers can transfer at Secaucus Junction, Newark Broad Street Station, Montclair State University, or Dover to reach other destinations if necessary. This was an extension of existing Hoboken-to-Newark service, previously listed on the Morris & Essex timetables, plans for connecting the two lines dated back to 1929, when a rail connection through Montclair was proposed. Despite years of debate over the connection, nothing came to fruition until 1991, Lackawanna Terminal in Montclair closed in 1981, replaced by the new Bay Street station on the alignment that eventually would extend to the connection. Service began on September 30,2002 and three stations on the old Boonton Line were closed, Benson Street in Glen Ridge, Rowe Street in Bloomfield, besides the Montclair Connection, service was extended in 1994 from Netcong station to Hackettstown via tracks owned by Conrail. Stations at Roseville Avenue in Newark, Ampere in East Orange, and Great Notch in Little Falls were closed in 1984,1991, and 2010 respectively. There is also a proposal to extend service along the Washington Secondary as a rapid improvement to the New Jersey Route 57 corridor via Washington Borough to Phillipsburg. The Montclair Branch was chartered in 1852 as the Newark and Bloomfield Railroad, running through Bloomfield, however, tracks were not constructed along the owned right-of-way until 1856, in June of that year trains began running between Newark, Bloomfield, and West Bloomfield. The railroad had a deficit to start, the ticket agent at West Bloomfield was also the brakeman for the one-car train. On April 1,1868, the Morris & Essex Railroad bought out the alignment of the Newark, the Morris & Essex began running services on the line, which was renamed the Montclair Branch when West Bloomfield was similarly renamed to Montclair shortly after. In 1912, the Montclair Branch was depressed, elevated, and double tracked, the stations at Watsessing Avenue and Glen Ridge were constructed below street level, while Ampere and Bloomfield stations were constructed above street level. Roseville Avenue station was depressed,22 feet below street level. In June 1913, the new Lackawanna Terminal opened in Montclair, William H. Botsford designed it, but did not live to see it open as he died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The brick station building followed a Grecian-Doric style of architecture, which included creative uses of concrete for the arches, Lackawanna Terminal had six tracks and three concrete platforms, with a large bridge which carried Grove Street in Montclair over the tracks. The Montclair Branch was the first fully electrified suburban railroad, wired in 1930, the inaugural train was driven by Thomas Edison, who had helped develop the line. On July 26,1945, the Morris & Essex Railroad Company was officially dissolved, and the became part of the Delaware, Lackawanna
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Side platform
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A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. Dual side platform stations, one for direction of travel, is the basic station design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with a platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two platforms are connected by a footbridge running above and over the tracks. While a pair of platforms is often provided on a dual-track line. Where the station is close to a crossing the platforms may either be on the same side of the crossing road or alternatively may be staggered in one of two ways. With the near-side platforms configuration, each platform appears before the intersection, in some situations a single side platform can be served by multiple vehicles simultaneously with a scissors crossing provided to allow access mid-way along its length. Normally, the facilities of the station are located on the Up platform with the other platform accessed from a footbridge. However, in cases the stations main buildings are located on whichever side faces the town or village the station serves. Larger stations may have two platforms with several island platforms in between. Some are in a Spanish solution format, with two platforms and an island platform in between, serving two tracks
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NJ Transit Bus Operations
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Prior to 1948, most public transportation in New Jersey was provided by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, a utility company that also operated the Public Service Railway division. PSCT provided service throughout New Jersey, originally using trolleys and then transitioning to trolley buses, NJ Transit came into being as the result of the New Jersey Public Transportation Act of 1979 to acquire, operate, and contract for transportation services in the public interest. NJ Transit Bus Operations came into being the year, when it acquired Transport of New Jersey from PSE&G. Other purchases and buyouts in the 1980s expanded the bus division of NJ Transit, in 1992 NJ Transit Mercer, Inc. which was the successor to the former Mercer Metro operation in the Trenton and Princeton areas, was folded into NJ Transit Bus Operations. In 2010, Morris County operations were taken over under the subsidiary NJ Transit Morris, NJ Transit Bus Operations owns, leases, or subleases over 3,000 buses, and many more have been purchased for community shuttles. Fare and route can also be further elucidated on some of the route schedules or the trip planner. 1-99, Intrastate service originating from Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, 100-199, Routes from central and northern New Jersey to New York City. 200-299, No routes with numbers, a few existed in the 1980s to be quickly renumbered. 300-399, Special-event and park services, park-and-ride services, long-distance suburban routes from Philadelphia, 450-499, Local service within Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties. 500-549, Atlantic County and Cape May County local routes, 550-599, Long-distance routes from Atlantic City serving points in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. 700-799, Passaic and Bergen County local routes not entering Newark, 800-880, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Morris local routes not running to Newark. On July 11,2012, NJ Transit publicly announced that it had finalized plans to service on routes 42,43,75 and 93 effective September 1,2012. Combined with changes to service on routes 56,57,181, go28,451 and 604, NJ Transit also intended to split route 62 into two routes and expand route 99. NJ Transit Bus Operations is divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern Divisions, below is a list of all facilities and the buses housed in them. The Northern Division consists of six garages, the Central Division consists of five garages and one light rail operations facility. The Southern Division consists of four garages and these companies operate service under contract to New Jersey Transit. Service is provided using New Jersey Transit-branded buses, NJ Transit Rail Operations New Jersey Transit official website Unofficial New Jersey Transit fan page Unofficial New Jersey Transit bus map
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NJ Transit Rail Operations
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NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit. It provides commuter service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken. NJ Transit also operates service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York under contract to Metro-North Railroad. This does not include NJ Transits light rail operations, as of 2012, NJ Transits commuter rail network consists of 11 lines and 164 stations, primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey, with one line running between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. The former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City Line is also included in the Newark Division, Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern and several short lines currently have trackage rights contracts to operate freight service on NJ Transit lines. The Morristown & Erie Railway can only use NJT trackage to get between its owned trackage, it cannot serve customers on NJ Transit trackage, a similar situation exists for Conrail on the Atlantic City Line. These lines were purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in the late 1970s for railbanking purposes, other major yard facilities are located at Hoboken Terminal. Amtraks Sunnyside Yard in Queens, New York serves as a facility for trains to New York Penn Station. Additional yards are located at outlying points along the lines, there are eight non-revenue work diesels used for these purposes. Equipment owned by Metro-North carries AAR reporting marks MNCW without exception and these locomotives carry NJTR reporting marks for revenue service. Not included are the EMU cars, which are technically locomotives, ONLY active revenue locomotives are listed, retired equipment is unlisted. All non-revenue locomotives are diesel-powered and legally carry the same NJTR AAR reporting marks as all other equipment without exception, as these locomotives lack HEP, they do not haul trains in passenger service unless performing a rescue. NJ Transit has a fleet of over 1,000 passenger cars, the fleet and examples are described below. Except for the Comet IIM, all examples shown are cab cars leading or on the end of trains. Car groupings are, except for the Arrow III MUs, arranged in the order, cab cars, trailers with lavatories, and trailers without lavatories. Single Arrow III MUs are GE Model MA-1J, married pairs are GE Model MA-1H, NJ Transit provides passenger service on 12 lines at total of 165 stations, some operated conjunction with Amtrak and Metro North. NJ Transit NJ Transit Rail Draft 2012 State Rail Plan
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Wayne Route 23 Transit Center
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The Wayne Route 23 Transit Center is a mass transportation hub located in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. Operated by NJ Transit, the complex consists of two major components, one is a bus terminal that provides service to Port Authority Bus Terminal, Newark Penn Station, and intermediate points in the surrounding area. It is located off of the lanes of New Jersey Route 23 on West Belt Road, near the interchange where Route 23, I-80. The station opened in January 2008 and has 1,000 parking spaces, the Wayne bus garage is located on the opposite side of Route 23. There has been a proposal to build a deck with another thousand spots. The New Jersey Transit project description dated November 2005 stated that the agency would be advertising for a contract beginning in March 2006 for off-site road improvements. Preliminary construction during July and August 2006, on September 13,2006, New Jersey Transits Board of Directors formally awarded the contract to construct this facility. Construction began in the fall of 2006 to finish in early 2008, in December 2007, it was announced that the station would open to bus service on Saturday, January 12,2008, with rail service beginning Monday January 14,2008. In March 2008 Wayne Route 23, along with the park and ride lots at Willowbrook Mall, Mothers Park & Ride, parking tickets are available at ticket machines on the rail and bus platforms at the station. Daily and monthly tickets are available, NJT rail station information page for Wayne Route 23 Transit Center DepartureVision real time train information for Wayne Route 23 Transit Center
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Hackettstown station
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Hackettstown is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Hackettstown Station is the only active New Jersey Transit station in Warren County, the line from Hackettstown – Dover is diesel powered, requiring a transfer at Dover, Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street to an electrified train to New York Penn Station. Proposals exist of an extension of the Montclair-Boonton Line, including an extension to Washington, service west of Netcong station began in November 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Norfolk Southerns Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station near Waterloo Village, originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad serviced Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station built in 1868, Hackettstown Station was razed in the late 1960s after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966
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Montclair State University station
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Montclair State University Station at Little Falls is a New Jersey Transit rail station in the Great Notch area of Little Falls, New Jersey on the Montclair-Boonton Line. On weekdays, every train on the Montclair-Boonton Line stops here, midtown Direct service to Penn Station terminates here, as the line west of the nearby yard is not electrified. The station is a sheltered, two-tracked island platform with a walkway over the tracks connecting it to the parking deck. The station is equipped with ticket machines and DepartureVision monitors displaying arrivals and it is accessible as the platform is fully elevated and elevators are available in addition to stairs. The station was intended to be a Park-and-Ride, near a highway, there is no connecting bus service directly to the station, as the universitys bus stop is on the opposite side of campus near the Montclair Heights station. Campus shuttles, however, do serve the station, although the Montclair-Boonton Line recently added weekend service, Montclair State University is not served on weekends as Bay Street is the weekend terminus for trains to and from Hoboken
NJT Bus: 11, 191, 704, and 705
