Belmar is a
commuter rail
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station in the borough of
Belmar,
Monmouth County,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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on
New Jersey Transit
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's
North Jersey Coast Line
The North Jersey Coast Line is a commuter rail line running from Rahway to Bay Head, New Jersey, traversing through the Jersey Shore region. Operated by New Jersey Transit, the line is electrified as far south as Long Branch. On rail system m ...
. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
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.
History
Belmar station opened as part of an extension from
Asbury Park–Ocean Grove station of the
New York and Long Branch Railroad
The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad. The rail ...
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.
Station layout
The station has two low-level brick cobblestone
side platform
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s.
References
External links
Station from 8th Avenue from Google Maps Street View
Railway stations in Monmouth County, New Jersey
NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
Stations on the North Jersey Coast Line
Belmar, New Jersey
Former New York and Long Branch Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1875
1875 establishments in New Jersey
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