Lebanon station (NJ Transit)

Lebanon
Lebanon station after the March 2017 North American blizzard.
General information
Location	1 Railroad Avenue, Lebanon, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.6373°N 74.8370°W / 40.6373; -74.8370
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	48.0 miles (77.2 km) from Jersey City[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	20
History
Opened	July 4, 1852[2]
Rebuilt	1854–1855 1900[3]
Key dates
August 1964	Station agent removed[4]
Passengers
2012	21 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Annandale toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line weekdays White House toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Annandale toward Scranton Main Line White House toward Jersey City
Location

Lebanon is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line in Lebanon, New Jersey. There is a station building on the north side of the tracks. It was designed in 1899 by New York City architect Bradford Gilbert for the Central Railroad of New Jersey.^[6] The southern track is no longer in use and the stop has no weekend service. The station was purchased by the town in 1978.

Station layout

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 97 feet (30 m) long and accommodates a single car.^[7]

References

1. NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
2. Lance, Jr., Howard P. (July 9, 1952). "Quiet Annandale Looks back on Century of History". The Plainfield Courier-News. pp. 1, 26. Retrieved August 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Cranford Wants New Depot". The Plainfield Courier News. May 24, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "High Iron Co., Rail Buff's Dream". The Plainfield Evening News. February 21, 1968. p. 87. Retrieved September 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
6. "Small Railroad Stations". The Railroad Gazette. 38 (1): 24. January 6, 1905 – via Google.
7. "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 75, 81. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

External links

• NJT Raritan Valley Line Information and Schedule Archived November 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine