Bernardsville is a New Jersey Transit station in Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines, in the United States.
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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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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″N 74°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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History
editBernardsville station opened on January 29, 1872, with the first New Jersey West Line Railroad train leaving Bernardsville for Summit station.[2]
Station layout
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ a b Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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 – (#84002786)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ National Register of Historical Places -- Somerset County, New Jersey
External links
editMedia related to Bernardsville (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
