(erielack) HISTORIC WALDWICK STATION GETS NEW LEASE ON LIFE

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An NJT news release from yesterday.

http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2441

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HISTORIC WALDWICK STATION GETS NEW LEASE ON LIFE 

Community group will develop railroad museum 
August 13, 2008
NJT-08-062


NEWARK, NJ - The historic Waldwick train station building would be renovated
and converted into a facility that offers meeting space as well as a railroad
museum under a lease arrangement approved today by the NJ TRANSIT Board of
Directors.

The aging stucco and wood-beam station building, built in 1887 and listed on
the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places, is scheduled to be
renovated by the not-for-profit Waldwick Community Alliance Inc. under terms
of a 25-year lease that would preserve a piece of railroad history at no
expense to NJ TRANSIT.

"This agreement preserves a cultural resource and benefits the community in a
manner that has zero impact on a very tight NJ TRANSIT capital budget," said
NJ TRANSIT Chairman and Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri.

The obsolete Main Line station building has been closed since 1983, and is
located on the outbound side of the tracks, where few Waldwick Station
commuters would wait. Current customers are sheltered from the elements by a
modern heated and air-conditioned building on the inbound side of the station.

"This is a win-win for the community and for NJ TRANSIT because the lease
enables a preservation effort that financial constraints would not permit us
to undertake," said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Richard Sarles.

Under the terms of the proposed lease of the 8,545-square foot property, the
alliance would pay $1 per year for 25 years and pay the cost of restoring the
building to historic standards and upgrading landscaping and walkways.

Prior to restoration, NJ TRANSIT will relocate six parking spaces and the
entrance and exit points to the existing station parking lot to reorient
pedestrian flow around the station building. No parking spaces will be lost.




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