Bernardsville | |||||||||||||
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![]() The Bernardsville station in January 2010. | |||||||||||||
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Location | 202 Railroad Plaza, Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 715 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 16 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | January 29, 1872 [2] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | January 6, 1931 [3] | ||||||||||||
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July 1, 1981 | Station agency closed [4] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 135 (average weekday) [5] [6] | ||||||||||||
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Bernardsville Station | |||||||||||||
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Location | US 202, Bernardsville, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°43′01″N74°34′16″W / 40.71694°N 74.57111°W | ||||||||||||
Built | 1901 | ||||||||||||
Architect | Bradford L. Gilbert | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque | ||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002786 [7] | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Bernardsville is a New Jersey Transit station in Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines.
Bernardsville station opened on January 29, 1872, with the first New Jersey West Line Railroad train leaving Bernardsville for Summit station. [2]
The station building, located on the north side of the tracks, is of stone-masonry construction. It was designed by architect Bradford L. Gilbert. There is a convenience store/deli inside the station building with a large high-ceilinged seating area that was formerly a bank branch. A public restroom and ticket vending machine are available. In 1984 the building was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places [8] as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
Permitted parking is available at a cost of $377 per year. There are a limited number of hourly parking spots, as well as designated spots that allow free short-term parking after 10 a.m. A statue of the late Representative Millicent Fenwick stands near the pedestrian entrance to the station parking lot.
The station's one low-level side platform has a walkway across the main track, allowing passengers to reach the outer track.
The Gladstone Branch is a commuter rail line operated by NJ Transit from Gladstone station, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, to either Hoboken Terminal or New York Penn Station. It is one of two branches of the Morris & Essex Lines.
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