page_title: Plauderville station
section_title: High-level platforms
hierarchical_section_title: Plauderville station / History / High-level platforms
caption_attribution_description: English: The legacy Plauderville station in Garfield, New Jersey and Saddle Brook, New Jersey. The station here was replaced by a new one in October, 2011. The new station was under construction, behind the photographer, at the time of the photograph.
context_page_description: Plauderville is a NJ Transit train station located in Garfield, New Jersey, United States, served by the Bergen County Line. The station is in the north side of the city on Midland Avenue between Plauderville Avenue and Outwater Lane. The station is a full-service station as of April 2012, and has high-level platforms making the station handicapped accessible.
  Prior to the opening of the new structure on October 11, 2011, Plauderville's platforms were located slightly uptrack from where they are now, straddling the border between Garfield and its neighbor Saddle Brook. There was a shelter on the platform for trains headed to Hoboken Terminal along with the station's ticket vending machines, and the platforms were low-level and offered zero handicap accessibility. The closest stations to Plauderville that offered such access were Rutherford station to the south and Boro Hall station in Glen Rock to the north, with wheelchair ramps available at either stop.
  Prior to the completion of the reconstruction at Plauderville, Garfield was not fully served by NJ Transit.
context_section_description: As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed in 2009 by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, New Jersey Transit received funding for new high-level platforms at Plauderville station. These new high-level platforms would build a new station for persons with handicaps, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The cost of the project was $16 million (2009 USD). On August 12, 2009, a $7.9 million contract for the construction was given to Anselmi and DeCicco Inc. with improvements including new 450-foot (140 m) long side platforms that also have glass paneling for history of Garfield. The city manager of Garfield, Tom Duch, said the station may include a statue of the late president James Garfield, who the city is named after. Once construction was completed, Plauderville became one of three stations on the Bergen County Line other than Secaucus Junction that is handicap-accessible. The other stations are Glen Rock-Boro Hall and Rutherford for access to handicap facilities.
  The first revenue train to receive commuters using the new high-level platforms (on October 10, 2011) was the 5:43 am Hoboken-bound train (originating in Port Jervis). Use of the low-level platform on the northern side of Midland Avenue was immediately discontinued.
  On September 21, 2012, the station's crossing with Outwater Lane received a new safety system for people trying to cross tracks. Part of a pilot program, new electronic signs were installed that state "Danger, Another Train Coming" on all four portions of the crossing. Audio recordings repeat the same message. The system cost $83,000.
caption: The former station platform in Plauderville, in use until October 10, 2011
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