Wayne-Route 23

Wayne Route 23
The rail platform at the Wayne-Route 23 Transit Center
Station statistics
Coordinates	40°53′57″N 74°15′22″W / 40.8993°N 74.2561°W / 40.8993; -74.2561Coordinates: 40°53′57″N 74°15′22″W / 40.8993°N 74.2561°W / 40.8993; -74.2561
Lines	Montclair-Boonton Line
Connections	NJT Bus: 75, 194, 198, 324, 748
Platforms	1 side platforms
Tracks	1
Parking	1100
Other information
Opened	January 12, 2008
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	9 (train)[1] and 6 (bus)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Mountain View toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Little Falls toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station

Wayne Route 23 Transit Center is a New Jersey Transit park-and-ride station in Wayne, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line, also providing bus service to Newark and New York City^[2]. It is located off of the southbound lanes of Route 23, near the West Belt Road Interchange, where Route 23, Interstate 80, and U.S. Route 46 meet, across from the Willowbrook Mall. The station opened in January, 2008^[3] It has 1,000 parking spaces, a station platform along the Montclair-Boonton Line for train service to Newark and Hoboken with transfers to Manhattan, and bus platforms for bus service into Manhattan. New Jersey Transit intends for this combined rail and bus station to become an "interceptor station," that will help relieve the habitual congestion at the West Belt Road Interchange, where the three major highways meet. The Wayne Township bus garage is located on the opposite side of Route 23. There has been a proposal to build a parking deck with another thousand spots and develop the land at the station.

Project cost

US $51 million was budgeted for this project.

Construction History

The New Jersey Transit project description dated November 2005 stated that the agency would be advertising for a construction contract beginning in March 2006 for "off-site road improvements." Preliminary construction during July and August 2006.

On September 13, 2006, New Jersey Transit's Board of Directors formally awarded the contract to construct this facility. Construction began in the fall of 2006 to finish in early 2008.

In December 2007, it was announced that the station would open to bus service on Saturday, January 12 2008, with rail service beginning Monday January 14 2008.

In March 2008 Wayne Route 23, along with three other major transit hubs (Willowbrook Park & Ride at Willowbrook Mall and Mother's Park & Ride on Route 23 North in Wayne and Allwood Road Park & Ride in Clifton) began charging customers to park. Parking tickets are available at ticket machines on the rail and bus platforms at the station. Daily and monthly tickets are available.

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