Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 9, 2010

The Great Notch train station was a small New Jersey Transit facility in the Great Notch section of Little Falls, New Jersey. Located at the intersection of Notch Road and Long Hill Road, it was the second of three stations in Little Falls, the other two being Montclair State University and Little Falls, and was the first on the line to be strictly served by diesel trains. However, most trains bypassed this station and continued on to Little Falls (westbound) and Montclair State University (eastbound). The station at Great Notch was first constructed in 1905 as a double station building for the Erie Railroad. The station was a green and red building serving the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway along with the Caldwell Branch. The station also used an old boxcar as a tool shed for maintenance. By the early 1970s, the station had fallen into disrepair, and by 1974, was repainted Erie Railroad-style red with the tool shed boxcar removed. The station was abandoned when the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad went out of business and was later picked up by New Jersey Transit. After making deals with the mayor of Little Falls, New Jersey Transit gave the station a one year "trial" to attract ridership. On December 18, 2009, this was canceled as Little Falls was contacted by New Jersey Transit that the Great Notch Station would be closed on January 17, 2010 due to the "anemic" ridership at the station. The last train stopped at the station on January 15, 2010, at 7:41pm.