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The Ridgewood train station is a model of inefficiency
The train station is a model of inefficiency. There is a colossal center awning presumably to shield the dozen or so max people at a time who take the train from Ridgewood to points west. The entire train debarks north of both crossings, even further from the parking lot. The eastbound platform has an awning that halfway overhangs dead space, and hardly provides any shelter from rain in a slight breeze…which is moot anyway because the eastbound trains stop for the most part south of that whole awning anyway…just where they stopped before. When you come up from Franklin to the eastbound track, you have to go all the way to the end of a long ramp then back up the ramp to the platform; there are no stairs straight to the platform (yes, I have missed the train because of this).
To top it all off, the power bill alone would probably pay a couple salaries.
And the station house is sterile east bloc retro compared to what it used to be: warm, cozy and with a nice lady selling coffee and bagels.
Two thumbs down, money wasted. Typical Jersey.