Editing Montclair, New Jersey (section)

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[[File:Lackawanna.jpg|thumb|[[Lackawanna Terminal (Montclair, New Jersey)|The former Lackawanna Railroad terminal]], photographed when it housed a [[Hollywood Video]] store]]
[[File:Montclair Heights Station - February 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Montclair-Boonton Line]] at [[Montclair Heights station]]]]
Running through Montclair is the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]], serving [[New York Penn Station]] and [[Hoboken Terminal]] to the east, and [[Hackettstown station|Hackettstown]] to the west.<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN Montclair-Boonton Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011212249/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN |date=October 11, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> Seven [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit Rail]] stations serve Montclair: [[Bay Street station|Bay Street]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=14 Bay Street station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014651/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=14 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Walnut Street station (NJ Transit)|Walnut Street]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=152 Walnut Street station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014648/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=152 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Watchung Avenue station|Watchung Avenue]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=153 Watchung Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014646/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=153 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Upper Montclair station|Upper Montclair]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=150 Upper Montclair station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014644/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=150 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Mountain Avenue station|Mountain Avenue]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=95 Mountain Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014642/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=95 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> and [[Montclair Heights station|Montclair Heights]] in Montclair,<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=89 Montclair Heights station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014640/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=89 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> and [[Montclair State University station]] in the [[Great Notch, New Jersey|Great Notch]] area of [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]].<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38081 Montclair State University station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014636/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38081 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> Only Bay Street station has weekend train service.

Montclair has a long history of railroads. The first railroad to Montclair was built in 1856 by the Newark and Bloomfield Railroad. It terminated at a [[Walnut Street station (NJ Transit)|station in Downtown Montclair]]. First the Morris and Essex Railroad, then the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] leased the line.

In 1868, the Montclair Railway built another line through Montclair, which caused disputes leading to Montclair's separation from [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]]. Shortly afterward it was taken over by the [[New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878–1943)|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway]], a subsidiary of the [[Erie Railroad]]. A third railroad to [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]] was planned in 1860 and construction began, but the [[Panic of 1873]] ended the project. In 1912 the Lackawanna Railroad built a [[Lackawanna Terminal (Montclair, New Jersey)|large terminal]] at the end of their line. The Erie and Lackawanna Railroads later merged, forming the [[Erie-Lackawanna Railroad]], which operated both lines for many decades. They were next operated by [[Conrail]] for approximately one year, after which NJ Transit took over passenger operations and Conrail continued freight operations. Meanwhile, the 1912 terminal was closed in 1981 and converted into shops. This station was replaced by the Bay Street station. In 2002, the two railway lines were connected with the construction of the [[Montclair Connection]].<ref>Galant, Debra. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/nyregion/jersey-montclair-s-connection-has-its-price.html 'Jersey; Montclair's Connection Has Its Price"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191435/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/nyregion/jersey-montclair-s-connection-has-its-price.html |date=November 9, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 2002. Accessed October 3, 2013. "On Sept. 20, New Jersey Transit officially terminated service at Mr. Wilson's beloved Benson Street stop, as well as at the Rowe Street stop in Bloomfield and the Arlington stop in Kearny. Those closings were part of the price of progress. Tomorrow, New Jersey Transit is to open the Montclair Connection – a plan first announced in 1929 to combine the Montclair and Boonton Branch lines."</ref>