Belmar | |||||||||||||
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 Belmar station facing towards the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar in January 2018. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Belmar Plaza, between 9th and 10th Avenues Belmar, New Jersey 07719 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°10′49″N 74°01′39″W / 40.18028°N 74.02750°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 317, 830 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 22 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | September 14, 1875[1] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 305 (average weekday)[3] | ||||||||||||
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Belmar is a commuter rail station in the borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
History
Belmar station opened as part of an extension from Asbury Park–Ocean Grove station of the New York and Long Branch Railroad on September 14, 1875, as Ocean Beach station. The name of the station was changed to Belmar when the municipality changed its name from Ocean Beach to Elcho to Belmar in a month's span in 1889.[2]
Station layout
The station has two low-level brick cobblestone side platforms.
References
- 1 2 "State and County Items". The Matawan Journal. September 18, 1875. p. 2. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Another Change in Prospect". The Red Bank Register. May 8, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
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