Belmar | |||||||||||||
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![]() Belmar station facing towards the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar in January 2018. | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Belmar Plaza, between 9th and 10th Avenues Belmar, New Jersey 07719 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°10′49″N74°01′39″W / 40.18028°N 74.02750°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 22 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | September 14, 1875 [1] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Ocean Beach (September 14, 1875–1889) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012 | 305 (average weekday) [3] | ||||||||||||
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Belmar is a commuter rail station in the borough of Belmar, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is not accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
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The station has two low-level brick cobblestone side platforms.
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