Radburn is a

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in the

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style, served by the

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. It is on Fair Lawn Avenue in the Radburn section of Fair Lawn, in Bergen County,

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, United States. It is one of two New Jersey Transit train stations in Fair Lawn, the other being

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. The station was designed and built in 1929 by Clarence Stein, as part of the Radburn development. It has been listed in the

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History

The location of the Radburn development was considered beneficial because of its location on the

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with connections to Jersey City,

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and

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. The designers of the development saw the benefit of a suburban railroad station for planning throughout the

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. In July 1928, they proposed the Fairlawn Station Square with a depot that cost $60,000 (1928

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) and would serve those who would be in the neighborhood after construction of the first 200 homers. The new depot would serve Suffern to the north and Hoboken to the southeast along with connections in the area. A new railroad depot was constructed on the Bergen County Railroad in 1929. The depot replaced a wooden freight depot that served the area. This new station was designed by Clarence Stein in a

to keep the idea of modern and efficient and in a similar style of the Radburn neighborhood. The new Radburn station had three sections: a central area that contained the waiting room and ticket office. This new pavilion contained a sloping and overhanging roof. This south wing of the depot contained the restrooms, and the north wing contained the office of the track supervisor, the baggage room and a porch for customers. The depot had a sandstone design with vaulted ceilings with a slate roof and clapboarding siding.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level

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. It is staffed with a station agent on weekday mornings.

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Station from Fair Lawn Avenue from Google Maps Street View
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Station layout

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