Belmar station

NJ Transit rail station

40°10′49″N 74°01′39″W / 40.18028°N 74.02750°W / 40.18028; -74.02750Owned byNJ TransitPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections

NJ Transit Bus: 317, 830ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNoOther informationFare zone22HistoryOpenedSeptember 14, 1875^[1]ElectrifiedNoPrevious namesOcean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889)^[1]^[2]Passengers2012305 (average weekday)^[3] Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Spring Lake toward Bay Head		North Jersey Coast Line		Bradley Beach toward New York or Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station	New York and Long Branch Railroad			Following station
Como toward Bay Head Junction		Main Line		Avon toward Perth Amboy

Location

Belmar is a commuter rail station in the borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Belmar station opened as part of an extension from Asbury Park–Ocean Grove station of the New York and Long Branch Railroad on September 14, 1875, as Ocean Beach station. The name of the station was changed to Belmar when the municipality changed its name from Ocean Beach to Elcho to Belmar in a month's span in 1889.^[2]

Station layout

The station has two low-level brick cobblestone side platforms.

References

^ ^a ^b "State and County Items". The Matawan Journal. September 18, 1875. p. 2. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Another Change in Prospect". The Red Bank Register. May 8, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.