NJ Transit rail station
40°42′41″N 74°33′19″W / 40.71139°N 74.55528°W / 40.71139; -74.55528
Basking Ridge station in September 2020. The station's former
semaphore signal has been removed from the building's canopy over the platform.
Location Ridge Street and Depot Place, Basking Ridge, New Jersey Owned by New Jersey Transit Platforms 1 side platform Tracks 1 Connections Lakeland Bus Lines : 78Accessible No Station code 714 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[ 1] Fare zone 16 Opened January 29, 1872[ 2] Rebuilt 1911[ 3] Electrified January 6, 1931[ 4] April 4, 1911 Station depot burns[ 5] July 1, 1981 Station agency closed[ 6] [ 7] 2017 79 (average weekday)[ 8] [ 9]
Basking Ridge is an NJ Transit station in Bernards Township, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines .
History
The station opened on January 29, 1872. The station building was constructed in 1912 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad , after the previous station depot had burnt down on April 4, 1911.[ 5] The station agency closed on July 1, 1981.[ 7]
Station layout
The station has one track and a single low-level side platform . The station has a station building located on the north side of the track. Permitted parking is available at the station.[citation needed ]
Gallery
Interior of the station, September 2024
View down the tracks, September 2024
Side of the station, September 2024
References
^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived" . The Bernardsville News . p. 42. Retrieved October 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Annual Report of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company for the Year Ending December 31st, 1911 (Report). Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1911. p. 25. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
^ "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.
^ a b "Basking Ridge R.R. Station Burned" . The Bernardsville News . April 7, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Town to Decide on Train Station" . The Courier-News . Bridgewater, New Jersey . May 20, 1981. p. 17. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b Polakiewicz, David (December 8, 1983). "Township, NJ Transit Working on Lease for Railroad Station" . The Bernardsville News . p. 16. 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 .
^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?" . Hoboken Patch . Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
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