Belmar station

Belmar
Belmar station facing towards the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar in January 2018.
General information
Location	Belmar Plaza, between 8th and 10th Avenues Belmar, New Jersey 07719
Coordinates	40°10′49″N 74°01′39″W
Owner	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 317, 830
Construction
Parking	188 spaces (185 standard, 3 accessible)
Cycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	22
History
Opened	September 14, 1875
Former names	Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889)
Passengers
2025	153 (average weekday)
Rank	105 of 153
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Spring Lake toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Bradley Beach toward New York
Former services Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station Como toward Bay Head Junction Main Line Avon toward Perth Amboy
Location

Belmar station is an active commuter railroad station in the eponymous borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Located in Belmar Plaza between 8th and 10th Avenues, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, which operates out of New York Penn Station. Belmar station operates in the diesel-only section between Bay Head in Ocean County and Long Branch. The station consists of two low-level side platforms with three parking lots along 10th Avenue available for commuters. The former station built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey stands on the inbound platform.

History

Belmar station opened as part of an extension from Asbury Park–Ocean Grove station of the New York and Long Branch Railroad on September 14, 1875, as Ocean Beach. 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 platforms.

External links

• Media related to Belmar station at Wikimedia Commons
• Station from 8th Avenue from Google Maps Street View