Verona

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Verona is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous township of Verona, Essex County, New Jersey. Located at the junction of Depot and Personette Streets, the station serviced trains of the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Division Caldwell Branch between Great Notch in Little

Falls and Essex Fells, where connection was made to the Morristown and Erie Railway. The station contained a single side platform during its existence. The next station towards Great Notch was Cedar Grove while the next station towards Essex Fells was Caldwell. Rail service in the Verona section of Caldwell Township began with the opening of the Caldwell Branch on July 4, 1891 between Great Notch and Caldwell stations. Service to Essex Fells began in 1892. The original station depot built at Verona by the railroad burned on January 9, 1905 in a fire that destroyed it and the freight house attached. Due to the loss of the structure, Erie Railroad crews moved the original station depot at Caldwell to Verona in February 1905. The replacement depot itself burned on April 1, 1962 due to an electrical fire and was replaced by a three-sided shelter. The Erie Lackawanna Railroad ended passenger service...

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