Bernardsville | |||||||||||||
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Location | 202 Railroad Plaza, Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Lakeland Bus Lines: 78 | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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.
Ground/ platform level | Street level | Station building, ticket machine and parking |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Station track | ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Far Hills) Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Basking Ridge) → | |
Bypass track | ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Far Hills) Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Basking Ridge) → |
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