Little Silver station
Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.
Little Silver | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Oceanport (CR 11) and Sycamore Avenues at Ayers Lane, Little Silver, New Jersey 07739 | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | North Jersey Coast Line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Academy Bus | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 19 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1875 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1890, 2003 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2012 | 783 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Little Silver Station | |||||||||||||||
Location | Little Silver, NJ | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W | ||||||||||||||
Area | 0.2 acres (0.1 ha) | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1890 | ||||||||||||||
Architect | H. H. Richardson | ||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Richardson Romanesque | ||||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002754[2] | ||||||||||||||
NJRHP No. | 1999[3] | ||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 |
History
The station was originally built in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident.[4][5] The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[6] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.
Station layout
The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.
Ground/ platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Track 1 | ← North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Monmouth Park or Long Branch) | |
Track 2 | North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Red Bank) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Street level | Station building, ticket machine and parking |
See also
References
- "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- "Plunging Into A Creek; Fatal Accident On The Long Branch Railroad". The New York Times. June 30, 1882. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- "Railway Accident". Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. August 2, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
- Little Silver New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
- Historic Places -- Monmouth County, New Jersey, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 8, 2007.