New Providence (NJT station)

New Providence

The New Providence station in March 2015. The bridge for County Route 512 is in the distance.
Location 803 Old Springfield Avenue
New Providence, NJ
Coordinates 40°42′43.7″N 74°23′11.2″W / 40.712139°N 74.386444°WCoordinates: 40°42′43.7″N 74°23′11.2″W / 40.712139°N 74.386444°W
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections NJT Bus: 986
Lakeland: 78
Other information
Fare zone 9[1]
History
Opened 1899[2]
Rebuilt 2010
Previous names West Summit (18991925-8)[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 558 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
toward Hoboken

New Providence Station is a New Jersey Transit station in New Providence, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. The original 1899 station, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad still stands.

New Providence Station is located across from the intersection of Old Springfield Avenue and Division Avenue. Springfield Avenue was rerouted north of the station in 1931.[4] The former segment of Springfield Avenue on the opposite side of the tracks has been turned into an additional parking lot.

Station layout

  Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Murray Hill)
Gladstone Branch toward New York or Hoboken (Summit)

References

  1. "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Townsend Jr., Thomas Taber; Thomas Taber Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century - 1899-1960. Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Lycoming Printing Company. p. 755. ISBN 0960339825.
  3. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. Union County Road 512; Springfield Avenue over Gladstone Line (UglyBridges.com)

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