Gladstone station (NJ Transit)

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Gladstone
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General information
LocationMain Street (CR 512), Gladstone, Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey 07934
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code722 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [1]
Fare zone18
History
OpenedOctober 10, 1890 [2] [3]
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931 [4]
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agency closed [5]
Passengers
2017121 (average weekday) [6] [7]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Terminus Gladstone Branch Peapack
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Terminus Gladstone Branch Peapack
toward Hoboken
Gladstone Station
EL Gladstone, N.J. Station on April 25, 1970.jpg
Gladstone station in April 1970.
Location Gladstone, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°43′13″N74°39′59″W / 40.72028°N 74.66639°W / 40.72028; -74.66639
Area1 acre (0.4 ha)
BuiltOctober 10, 1890 [8]
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No. 84002792 [9]
NJRHP No.2577 [10]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984
Location
Gladstone station (NJ Transit)

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.

Contents

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

The station has a 4-car high-level side platform and an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 compliant ramp.

See also

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References

  1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  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. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  4. "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. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. 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. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  7. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  9. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  10. "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.
  11. Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
  12. Gladstone New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  13. Somerset County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building #84002792)