40°40′56.75″N 74°26′33.75″W / 40.6824306°N 74.4427083°W
Berkeley Heights | |||||||||||||
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 The Berkeley Heights station facing towards the Lackawanna Railroad station depot. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 161 Sherman Avenue, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Lakeland Bus Lines: 78 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 706 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 11 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 29, 1872[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1899[3] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 6, 1931[4] | ||||||||||||
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| 1960 | Station agency closed[5] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 471 (average weekday)[6][7] | ||||||||||||
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Berkeley Heights is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey. Operated by New Jersey Transit, the station services trains on the Gladstone Branch between Summit and Gladstone.
History
editBerkeley Heights station opened on January 29, 1872, with the opening of the New Jersey West Line Railroad from Summit to Bernardsville. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad built the current station depot in 1899. The station retained agent services until 1960.
Station layout
editThe station has one low-level side platform, two tracks, and a standing station depot. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
References
edit- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 725. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Railroad to Drop Area Ticket Agent". The Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. February 25, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved March 17, 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.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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