Wesmont is a regional rail station on the New Jersey Transit (NJT) Bergen County Line located in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, positioned between Garfield and Rutherford stations, and two stops away from Secaucus Junction. Wesmont opened on May 15, 2016, as part of a $400 million development project, which was also named Wesmont Station, surrounding a former Curtiss-Wright aircraft engine factory. The station and tracks are located along Wood-Ridge's boundary with neighboring Wallington, although the platform can only be reached from the Wood-Ridge side. Wesmont is one of two rail stations in Wood-Ridge, as NJT's Pascack Valley Line serves the older Wood-Ridge station.HistoryNJT announced plans for the station on June 11, 2008, with the overall re-development of the 70acre site expected to include over 700 housing units, 130000sqft of retail and office space, a middle school, and a community center. Construction was scheduled to begin in 2009, with the station originally due to open in 2011. However, PCB contamination of the land required extensive environmental cleanup, after previous work for asbestos removal.The first residential apartments opened on February 14, 2012, and the train station had its official groundbreaking on March 11, 2014. The station quietly opened on May 15, 2016, without a formal ceremony.
