Carlton Hill station
Carlton Hill station was a railroad station for the Erie Railroad in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Carlton Hill station was the second station along the Erie's main line and the first station after Rutherford Junction, where the Erie's main line forked from the Bergen County Railroad. The station provided service for passengers in Rutherford and East Rutherford's Carlton Hill district and freight billing for the Royce Chemical Company, producer of Royox household cleaner, epoxies and dyes.
Carlton Hill | |||||||||||
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Carlton Hill station in December 1909, facing towards BE Draw. | |||||||||||
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| Location | Jackson Street & Erie Avenue, Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.8422°N 74.1140°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Erie Railroad (1906–1960) Erie–Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1966) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Erie Railroad Main Line (1888–1963) Carlton Hill Branch (1963–1966) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 main line | ||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 2125 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1870 | ||||||||||
| Closed | October 3, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Santiago Park (–May 1874) West Rutherford (May 1874–) | ||||||||||
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| 1965 | Agency closed | ||||||||||
| October 1967 | Depot demolished | ||||||||||
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After Carlton Hill, the main line continued westward to Passaic Park and eastward to Rutherford–East Rutherford and Pavonia Terminal.
Carlton Hill Station opened in 1888 on Jackson Avenue and namesake Erie Avenue in Rutherford. The station was served by the main line until 1963, when the Passaic Plan was undertaken, removing tracks at Passaic Park, Passaic, Clifton, and Lake View stations. At that point, the nearby drawbridge was permanently swung open and later removed, leaving a branch to Carlton Hill. For the next few years, Carlton Hill received deadhead trains and a rare Carlton Hill – Rutherford – Hoboken Terminal train schedule. In 1966, when several underused branches, including the Carlton Hill, lost service, the old main line alignment to Carlton Hill was abandoned. The tracks remain, though the building is gone, having been demolished in October 1967.