Belmar station

Belmar
Belmar
	Belmar station facing towards the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar in January 2018.
General information
Location	Belmar Plaza, between 9th and 10th Avenues; Belmar, New Jersey 07719
Coordinates	40°10′49″N 74°01′39″W / 40.18028°N 74.02750°W
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 317, 830
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	22
History
Opened	September 14, 1875
Electrified	No
Previous names	Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889)
Passengers
2012	305 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
Location
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.