Gladstone station (NJ Transit)

Gladstone is a New Jersey Transit station in Peapack-Gladstone, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is the western terminus of the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. A yard is to the east of the station.

Gladstone
General information
Location	Main Street (CR 512), Gladstone, Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey 07934
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	722 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	18
History
Opened	October 10, 1890[2][3]
Electrified	January 6, 1931[4]
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed[5]
Passengers
2017	121 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus Gladstone Branch Peapack toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Terminus Gladstone Branch Peapack toward Hoboken
Gladstone Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Gladstone station in April 1970.
Location	Gladstone, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°43′13″N 74°39′59″W
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built	October 10, 1890[8]
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002792[9]
NJRHP No.	2577[10]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984
Location

The original 1891 wood station and freight station remains in service. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984,^[11] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[12][13]

Station layout

The station has a 4-car high-level side platform and an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 compliant ramp.

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
2. Stuart, Sandy (April 26, 1990). "Competing Railroads Pulled Into Peapack 100 Years Ago Last week". The Bernardsville News. p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
4. "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.
5. Jones, Daniel P. (May 14, 1981). "Two Rush-Hour Trains Cut From Gladstone Branch". The Bernardsville News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
8. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
9. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
10. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
11. Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
12. Gladstone New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
13. Somerset County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building #84002792)

External links

• Media related to Gladstone (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons