Editing Bloomfield, New Jersey (section)

===Commuter rail===
South Bloomfield is served by two stations of the [[NJ Transit]] [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] to [[Hoboken Terminal]] or to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] via the [[Secaucus Junction]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN Montclair-Boonton Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201025511/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN |date=December 1, 2010 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> About 55% of the weekday trains terminate in Penn Station via [[Kearny Connection|Midtown Direct]]. On weekends the line terminates in Hoboken. The [[Bloomfield station|Bloomfield train station]] is located off of Bloomfield Avenue in the downtown area.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=19 Bloomfield station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> The [[Watsessing Avenue station]] is at the corner of Watsessing Avenue and Orange Street, and is located below ground.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=154 Watsessing Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728164134/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=154 |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>

Bloomfield used to be served by other passenger rail lines. The [[Rowe Street station]] was served by the Boonton Line until September 2002, when it was closed as part of the addition of Midtown Direct service to the township.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=526 "Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures; NJ Transit Buses and Trains Will Cross-Honor September Monthly Train Passes For Rowe Street Customers"], [[NJ Transit]], August 27, 2002. Accessed July 22, 2014. "On Monday, September 30, NJ Transit will launch its Midtown Direct -- Montclair rail service, resulting in the closure of Benson Street, Rowe Street and Arlington stations on the Boonton Line after the last scheduled trip on Friday, September 20."</ref> The Walnut Street station, on the same line, was closed in 1953 when the Garden State Parkway was built through it.