The station opened on October 20, 2004, and was built for $26 million,[5] following the completion of the Montclair Connection. Although the station itself was not officially open, a temporary platform was built to allow the under-construction station to serve one of its main purposes as the Montclair-Boonton Line's primary transfer station.
Station layout and service
The Montclair State University station platform has screens which relate the departure and arrival times and destinations of trains.The parking garage as seen from the platform.
The station has two tracks and one sheltered, high-level island platform with an elevated walkway over the tracks connectied to the parking deck and college campus. The station is equipped with ticket machines and DepartureVision monitors displaying train statuses. It is handicapped 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 and with a large parking deck.
There is no direct bus service; the university bus stop is on the opposite side of campus near the Montclair Heights station. Campus shuttles, however, do serve the station.
All Montclair–Boonton Line trains alight at this station. Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station terminates here, as the line west of the nearby yard is not electrified. The station is a major transfer point for riders because many trains terminate here, it is the first station on the line with service to New York Penn Station, and it is the first local stop of express trains.
Montclair State University is not served on weekends, with weekend service on the line terminating at Bay Street.[6]
References
↑"Rail Schedules to Change". The Montclair Times. April 24, 2003. p.A2. Retrieved May 5, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
Commons Italics denote closed stations, stations under construction, and unused line segments. Stations north of Montvale are operated by Metro-North Railroad
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