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.
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 | |||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||
Significant dates | |||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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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
editThe station has a 4-car high-level side platform and an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 compliant ramp.
See also
editReferences
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