New Providence station
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New Providence | |||||||||||||
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 The New Providence station in March 2015. The bridge for County Route 512 is in the distance. | |||||||||||||
| Location | 803 Old Springfield Avenue New Providence, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 986 Lakeland: 78 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 702 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 9[2] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 29, 1872[4] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1899[5] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 6, 1931[6] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | West Summit (1872–1927)[3] | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 556 (average weekday)[7][8] | ||||||||||||
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New Providence 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.[9] The former segment of Springfield Avenue on the opposite side of the tracks has been turned into an additional parking lot.
The station was originally named West Summit until March 1927, as the borough of New Providence felt there was confusion for not being on railroad timetables. The station was renamed over the opposition of Summit residents.[3]
Station layout[]
The station has one low-level side platform.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Track 1 | ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Murray Hill) Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Summit) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Street level | Ticket machine, parking | |
References[]
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "West Summit Station Renamed "New Providence"". The Bernardsville News. March 24, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 755. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ Union County Road 512; Springfield Avenue over Gladstone Line (UglyBridges.com)
External links[]
Media related to New Providence (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
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