Gladstone station (NJ Transit)
Gladstone | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Main Street (CR 512), Gladstone, Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey 07934 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | 722 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 18 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | October 10, 1890[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | January 6, 1931[4] | ||||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||||
July 1, 1981 | Station agency closed[5] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 121 (average weekday)[6][7] | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
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Gladstone Station | |||||||||||||
![]() Gladstone station in April 1970. | |||||||||||||
Location | Gladstone, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°43′13″N 74°39′59″W / 40.72028°N 74.66639°W | ||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.4 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | October 10, 1890[9] | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Queen Anne | ||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002792[8] | ||||||||||||
NJRHP No. | 2577[10] | ||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Gladstone is a New Jersey Transit station in Peapack-Gladstone, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is the western terminus of the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. A yard is to the east of the station.
The original 1891 wood station and freight station remains in service. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984,[11] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[12][13]
Station layout
[edit]The station has a 4-car high-level side platform and an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 compliant ramp.
See also
[edit]- List of New Jersey Transit stations
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
References
[edit]- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Stuart, Sandy (April 26, 1990). "Competing Railroads Pulled Into Peapack 100 Years Ago Last week". The Bernardsville News. p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ "Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run". The Plainfield Courier-News. January 7, 1931. pp. 1, 13. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jones, Daniel P. (May 14, 1981). "Two Rush-Hour Trains Cut From Gladstone Branch". The Bernardsville News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
- ^ Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
- ^ Gladstone New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
- ^ Somerset County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building #84002792)
External links
[edit]Media related to Gladstone (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons