Hopewell station
Railway station in Hopewell, New Jersey, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hopewell station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and was originally listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line.
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Hopewell station in 2013. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 27, 1876 (ceremonial service)[1] May 1, 1876 (regular service)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | December 3, 1982[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October 1976 | Station agent eliminated[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hopewell Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Hopewell station in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Railroad Place, Hopewell, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Second Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002728[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NJRHP No. | 1673[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 |
History
The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad built the station in 1876 as part of the planned National Railway route between New York City and Washington, D.C. The station was leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879. Train service to the station was terminated in 1982.
Gallery
- The main room of the Hopewell passenger station, at least part of which may have been the railroad office at one time.
- The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.
See also
Bibliography
- Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor.
References
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