Far Hills (NJT station)
Far Hills | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Lakeland: 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2012) | 154 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Far Hills Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Far Hills, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°41′8″N 74°38′3″W / 40.68556°N 74.63417°WCoordinates: 40°41′8″N 74°38′3″W / 40.68556°N 74.63417°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 0.8 acres (0.3 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | OR builder = Simpson, L.R. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||||||
Governing body | State | ||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP Reference # | 84002789[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 |
Far Hills is a New Jersey Transit station in the borough of Far Hills, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States located at the intersection of Route 202 and CR 512, ½ mile east of U.S. Route 206.
The Spanish Revival-style station was built in 1914 and also includes an old freight station to the west in a similar design.
The Far Hills station has a restaurant called Butler's Pantry and is part of the NJ Transit Gladstone Branch, offering service to Hoboken Terminal, and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Kearny Connection. The Far Hills station is also known as the Far Hills-Bedminster train station because of its proximity to the town. During an earlier era, most riders would get off at the Far Hills station for the horse races at the Far Hills Steeplechase Farm.
The station house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1984).
Far Hills station is a major exchange center for track configuration. This means that near the station, the track splits into 2 for east and westbound trains to get past each other.
Station layout
■Gladstone Branch | toward Gladstone (Peapack) | |
■Gladstone Branch | toward New York or Hoboken (Bernardsville) |
In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall.
See also
References
- ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
External links
- Media related to Far Hills (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- NJT rail station information page for Far Hills
- DepartureVision real time train information for Far Hills
- Morris and Essex Line schedule (Morristown Line & Gladstone Branch)
- Station from US 202 from Google Maps Street View
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