Tenafly is a former

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located in Tenafly,

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, United States. The station was a stop along

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's suburban

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(NRRNJ) which terminated at

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on the

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. It stopped being used for passenger rail transport in 1966, by which time trains had been redirected to

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. The rail line is still used for freight transport by

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. The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed

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project to extend the

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along the line, restoring service to the landmark and other stations along the route. In a

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in January 2011, citizens of Tenafly rejected the idea of the town being the northern terminus of the project. Completed in 1874, the station was added to the

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on January 25, 1979, for its significance in architecture, commerce, social history, and transportation. It was designed by Daniel Topping Atwood, an architect from

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. With The station building currently houses a restaurant. On May 18, 2024, it was officially renamed as **Elizabeth Cady Stanton Railroad Station**

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