List of stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
The following is a list of all stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey , including the line they were on, the date service began and ceased, and notes on the station's current status.
The Broad Street entrance to the former Broad Street station in Downtown Newark
Main Line
Station
Service began
Service ceased
Station status
Liberty Street Ferry Terminal
1891
April 30, 1967
The Liberty Street Ferry Terminal was demolished for the construction of the World Trade Center .
Communipaw Terminal
1864
April 30, 1967[ 2]
Station headhouse and canopy preserved in Liberty State Park .
Claremont
1868
April 25, 1954[ 4]
VanNostrand Place
1887
April 30, 1967[ 2]
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit 's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail .[ 6]
Greenville
1866
April 30, 1967[ 2]
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[ 6]
Pamrapo (East 49th Street)
1867
April 19, 1918
East 45th Street
April 19, 1918
April 30, 1967
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[ 6]
East 33rd Street
1865–1866
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[ 6] The original station was sold in January 1961 to a private developer.[ 8]
East 22nd Street
1860s
August 6, 1978
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[ 6]
West 8th Street
1864
August 6, 1978[ 10]
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[ 6]
Avenue A
1885
1925[ 12]
The station depot was demolished in 1925 for construction of the Newark Bay Bridge .[ 12]
Singers
1926
Station created to serve the Singer Sewing Machine Company
Elizabethport
Late 1860s
August 6, 1978[ 10]
Rebuilt in 1938 at the cost of $141,000 by Turtur Brothers.[ 15] Service at the new station began in December 1938 despite being unfinished.[ 16] Transfer station for Newark and for trains running on the (Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch ).
Spring Street
1869
April 30, 1967[ 2]
Elizabeth
1839
August 6, 1978[ 10]
The station was a point of transfer between Elizabeth station on the Pennsylvania Railroad .
Elmora Avenue
April 1870
1967
Lorraine
mid-1890s
April 30, 1967[ 2]
The station depot at Lorraine was demolished in 1968.
Roselle–Roselle Park
Late 1860s
August 6, 1978[ 10]
Aldene
1892
April 25, 1954[ 4]
The westbound station was demolished in April 1972 after becoming a yard office in 1954.
Cranford
1839
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line .[ 21]
Garwood
1892
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Westfield
1839
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Fanwood
1838
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Netherwood
1874
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Plainfield
1839
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Grant Avenue
September 28, 1885
April 26, 1986[ 25]
The railroad razed the depot in 1981 and replaced it with an open-face shelter. The replacement was vandalized within a week and never replaced.[ 25]
Clinton Avenue
1872
April 30, 1967[ 2]
The station agent was terminated on April 24, 1954[ 4] and the depot was demolished in 1957.
Dunellen
1840
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21] The station depot was replaced in 1955, opening on December 10.[ 27]
Middlesex
1893
The station depot was demolished in 1972.
Bound Brook
1842
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Calco
1915
1966
The station was replaced in 1999 by the Bridgewater station on the Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Manville-Finderne
1851
2006
Station depot removed in 1972 and service ended in 2006
Somerville
January 1, 1842[ 31]
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Raritan
c. 1851
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
North Branch
1848
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21] The former CNJ depot, built in 1900, burned in a morning fire on January 8, 1970.[ 33] The depot was replaced by glass shelters after the fire.[ 34]
White House
Late 1840s
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21]
Lebanon
c. 1852
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21] The agent was removed in 1962.[ 35] They sold the depot in 1967 to the High Iron Company, who sold it in 1971 for $40,000.[ 36]
Annandale
July 4, 1852[ 37]
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21] Until 1873, the station was known as Clinton, when Annandale was suggested by a railroad official to change the name.[ 37] The station depot was closed and replaced by a shelter in October 1970.[ 38] The depot was torn down c. 1983 .[ 39]
High Bridge
1856
Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[ 21] Junction point with (High Bridge Branch ) to Califon, Long Valley and Morris County
Glen Gardner
1852
January 1, 1983[ 42]
The station was named Spruce Run at opening, but renamed to Glen Gardner in 1871.[ 43] The railroad eliminated the station agent in June 1950.[ 44]
Hampton
1852
January 1, 1983[ 42]
The station depot was closed and replaced by a shelter in October 1970.[ 38]
Ludlow-Asbury
Early 1850s
1967
Valley
1852
1933
Bloomsbury
1852
Springtown
1852
1932
Vulcanite
1894
c. 1945
The agent at Vulcanite was removed in 1934[ 48] while depot was demolished in 1966.
Phillipsburg Union Station
1852
January 1, 1983[ 42]
New Jersey – Pennsylvania state line at Phillipsburg
Easton
1868
The station depot was burned on Labor Day 1975 and demolished in October.
Glendon
before 1885
Island Park
Freemansburg
1868
The agent at Freemansburg was eliminated in 1947.[ 53] The station was demolished in 1966.
Bethlehem
1868
August 18, 1967
Bethlehem Junction
1873
April 27, 1930
The station was a junction with the South Bethlehem Branch of the Lehigh and New England Railway .
Allentown
March 7, 1890[ 54]
August 18, 1967
Despite opening in March 1890, the CNJ depot was built in 1888 in preparation of service.[ 54]
Gordon Street
1890
A depot was constructed in 1893 at Gordon Street, which became a crew quarters during The Great Depression .
Front Street
1890
before 1915
East Allentown
1868
1890
The station was closed in 1890 when the downtown Allentown station was opened. The East Allentown depot was demolished in 1911.
Catasauqua
1867
The station was demolished in 1955.
Northampton
1867
1920
The station depot, formerly known as Laubach's, was demolished in the 1970s.
Siegfried
1867
The station was originally known was Siegfried's Bridge until the late 1870s. A new station was constructed in 1888 and again in 1892. The depot was closed during the Great Depression.
Treichlers
1867
1952
The station remained open for freight service until 1969.
Walnutport
1867
1952
The station depot was demolished in 1956.
Lehigh Gap
1867
1952
The station depot was demolished in 1960.
Palmerton
February 8, 1911
1952
Hazard
1880
February 8, 1911
The station was renamed in 1884 from Hazardville. The station was closed when the Palmerton station opened up.
Bowmanstown
1870s–1880s
1952
The station was demolished in 1965.
Parryville
1867
1956
The station depot was constructed in July 1873.
Weissport
1867
1952
The station was constructed in 1878 and demolished in the late 1970s.
Lehighton
1867
1952
The station was demolished in 1960.
Jim Thorpe
1865
June 1965
The station depot was constructed in 1869 and replaced in 1873.
Drakes Point
1882–1885
before 1915
The station was a flag stop.
Rockport
1865
1952
The station was demolished in Hurricane Diane in August 1955.
Leslie Run
1872
1919
The station was closed by the United States Railroad Administration .
Drifton Junction
1884
c. 1913
The station depot burned on June 11, 1913 and the station was closed soon after.
Maple Island
1882
1885
The station was a flag stop.
Tannery
1888
White Haven
Tunnel
Glen Summit
Penobscot
Laurel Run
Ashley
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County purchased the station in 2006, but has not yet been restored or opened for businesses due to a lack of funds from the County Redevelopment Authority[ 63]
Hudson
Minooka Junction
Miner's Mills
Taylor
Scranton
Part of a redevelopment project to use the space for a restaurant, retail space and offices[ 64]
Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch and New York & Long Branch RR
At Elizabethport, the Jersey Central's Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch split from the Main Line and ran as far as South Amboy, where it became the New York and Long Branch Railroad . The NY&LB ran as far as Bay Head Junction, NJ and was owned and operated jointly by the CNJ and PRR. At Woodbridge Jct, the Pennsylvania Railroad 's Perth Amboy & Woodbridge Branch from the mainline at Rahway met the Perth Amboy & Elizabethport and the PRR had trackage rights south to the NY&LB. Currently the line is used for freight as the Chemical Coast .
Station
Service began
Service ceased
Station status
Elizabeth Avenue
1875
West Carteret
1875
1948[ 66]
The station was closed in 1948 due to low ridership and other available services.[ 66]
Sewaren
July 3, 1876[ 67]
April 30, 1967
The station depot at Sewaren burned on August 3, 1957.[ 67] The passenger shelter, built in 1959, was removed in 1968.
Perth Amboy
Still in service as NJT's Perth Amboy station .
South Amboy
Still in service as NJT's South Amboy station .
Cliffwood
Matawan
Still in service as NJT's Aberdeen-Matawan station .
Hazlet
1875[ 69]
Still in service as NJT's Hazlet station . The CNJ removed the station agent in 1952.[ 69]
Middletown
1876[ 70]
Still in service as NJT's Middletown station .
Red Bank
Still in service as NJT's Red Bank station .
Little Silver
Still in service as NJT's Little Silver station .
Branchport
June 8, 1955[ 71]
The stations at Branchport and West End were eliminated with the opening of the new Long Branch station on June 8, 1955.[ 71] The depot caught fire on July 1–2, 1956 and condemned.[ 72]
Long Branch
The station depot built at Long Branch in 1891 was demolished in 1955 by a contractor from Belford, New Jersey .[ 73]
West End
June 8, 1955[ 71]
The original station at West End burned in a suspicious fire on August 27, 1921.[ 74] Service at West End, along with Branchport, ended on June 8, 1955 with the construction of the new Long Branch station.[ 71] The replacement depot was retired in 1955 for a branch of a local bank.[ 75]
Elberon
1876[ 76]
Still in service as NJT's Elberon station . The depot burned down on May 25, 1988.[ 76]
Deal
The station depot, abandoned for the most part, burned on February 15, 1958.[ 77]
Allenhurst
May 17, 1897[ 78] [ 79]
Still in service as NJT's Allenhurst station . The station was demolished on April 13, 1982.[ 80]
North Asbury Park
July 21, 1975[ 81]
Asbury Park
June 26, 1875[ 82]
Still in service as NJT's Asbury Park station . The station depot, constructed in 1922, was demolished in March 1978.[ 83]
Bradley Beach
Still in service as NJT's Bradley Beach station .
Avon
Belmar
Still in service as Belmar station
Como
June 30, 1934[ 84]
The railroad proposed adding "Como" to the Spring Lake station name in 1934 as part of the closing of the Como station. This was declined.[ 85]
Spring Lake
Still in service as Spring Lake station
Sea Girt
July 21, 1975[ 81]
Manasquan
1876[ 86]
Still in service as Manasquan station . The station depot burned down on March 30, 1996 and razed that May.[ 86] A replacement structure was constructed in 2004.[ 87]
Brielle
Point Pleasant
Still in service as Point Pleasant Beach station . The station depot was demolished on June 8, 1987 and replaced by an office trailer.[ 88] After several delays, construction of the new station began in June 1994. The new depot opened in January 1996.[ 89]
Bay Head Junction
Still in service as Bay Head station . The station depot was demolished in 1976 and replaced by a smaller structure.[ 90]
Freehold Branch
South from Matawan, the CNJ operated the following stations:
Station
Service began
Service ceased
Station status
Stillwell Street
Freneau
The railroad donated the Freneau depot, built in 1906, to the Pine Creek Railroad for their museum.[ 92]
Morganville
The station depot was demolished c. 1980 .[ 93]
Wickatunk
The station depot at Wickatunk was constructed in 1900 and razed in 1973.
Bradevelt
The station agent was reduced to seasonal service in 1928,[ 95] and removed completely in August 1938.[ 96]
Marlboro
East Freehold
Freehold
April 25, 1953[ 97]
A connection was provided to Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad
Seashore Branch
East from Matawan, the CNJ operated the following stations:
Station name
Service began
Service ceased
Station status
Keyport
1879
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot, constructed in 1890, burned down on July 4, 1968 despite attempts to acquire the station.[ 101]
First Street
1880
1884
The depot was demolished in 1907, but a freight house built in 1885 remained until September 1974.
Union Beach
1921
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot burned on May 10, 1952[ 103] and was replaced with a wooden shelter.
Natco
1880
The station was known as Lolliard until the late 1910s.
Keansburg
1889
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot, constructed in 1891, was sold in 1964 by the railroad[ 104] and demolished in the early 1970s.
Port Monmouth
1889
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The original station depot at Port Monmouth was moved to Belford in 1890. The agent was relieved of his duty in December 1954[ 105] with the depot remaining on the condition a shelter was constructed. By 1960, that did not occur, with most commuters waiting in the elements.[ 106] The station depot at Port Monmouth burned on March 5, 1997 due to arson while serving as home to a local charity. The charity, "Middletown Helps Its Own", rebuilt the station on the same foundation following general architectural design of the original, where it remains today. This "rebuilt" station is the only CNJ-era structure to exist on the Seashore Branch, now the Henry Hudson Trail. [ 107]
Belford
1889
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot came from the one at Port Monmouth in 1890. The station depot lost its agent in 1964, when those services were moved to Keansburg.[ 108] The depot was demolished in 1973.
Leonardo
1891
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot at Leonardo was built in 1900. By 1959, the station depot had been boarded up and considered a community eyesore. 94 residents sent a letter to the CNJ requesting its demolition.[ 110] That became a reality in 1963, when the depot was razed in favor of a station shelter.
Atlantic Highlands
1883[ 112]
November 2, 1966[ 99]
The station depot was replaced in 1893, while the older depot became a freight station. The newer depot burned down on December 16, 1951. A new station opened in its place on December 21, 1952 that lasted until 1973.
Hiltons
1896
November 30, 1958[ 114]
Water Witch
1895
November 30, 1958[ 114]
The station depot at Water Witch was constructed in 1903 and demolished shortly after passenger service ended.
Highlands
1892
November 30, 1958[ 114]
The station was built in 1900 and replaced by a shelter in 1951.
Highlands Beach
1866
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The first passenger depot was constructed in 1874 and replaced in 1892. This depot lasted until 1944, until it was replaced by a passenger shelter. However, the service would stop after a storm ruined the railroad tracks.[ 115]
Navesink Beach
1882
November 29, 1944[ 115]
No station depot was ever built at Navesink Beach, just a passenger shelter, replaced in 1912.
Normandy
1884
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The station depot existed until the late 1910s, when it was replaced by a shelter.
Rumson Beach
1883
c. 1900
The station was known as Stokem's until 1888, when it was renamed to Rumson Beach.
Laidlaws
1941
The station was an unofficial summer stop for trains prior to 1902. The railroad built a platform in 1902 for permanent summer trains.
Sea Bright
1866
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The station depot at Sea Bright was erected in 1871 until being replaced in 1900. As part of the project to extend NJ 36 ,[ 117] the Monmouth Boat Club demolished the station in 1950 and used some material for a shed on their campus.[ 118]
Low Moor
1877
The station was known as Monmouth Beach North until 1882. The station was built in 1886. After a freak storm in July 1938, the roof was blown off the depot, which was tilted over.[ 120] The railroad promptly razed the depot.
Galilee
1877
1942
The station was known as Monmouth Beach Centre until 1882. It was changed at that point to Monmouth Beach, until changing to Galilee in 1887. They replaced the depot in 1903. In 1929, the railroad abandoned the agency at Galilee and established it at Monmouth Beach station.[ 121]
Monmouth Beach
1877
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The station depot at Monmouth Beach was constructed in 1877 and replaced in 1888. That one survived until 1955.
North Long Branch
1866
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The station at North Long Branch had its first depot constructed in 1874. A fire on November 11, 1904 caused the depot to come down. In 1907, a new depot opened on the site, which would last until 1980.
East Long Branch
1870
November 29, 1944[ 115]
The station at East Long Branch was sold in 1946 and demolished in the late 1960s.
Newark and New York Branch
The Newark and New York Railroad opened in 1869 and ran between the CRRNJ Terminal and Broad Street in Newark .
South Branch
Southern Division
In 1917, the CNJ took over the New Jersey Southern Railroad . It was along this trackage that the CNJ operated its most famous train, The Blue Comet , which ran from Jersey City to Winslow Junction, and then along The Reading Co's Atlantic City Railroad trackage to Atlantic City . South from Red Bank, the CNJ operated the following stations:
Station
Service began
Service ceased
Station status
Shrewsbury
Eatontown
Earle
Farmingdale
Lakewood
The station depot at Lakewood burned on the morning of May 30, 1939.[ 128]
South Lakewood
The station depot at South Lakewood was razed in July 1953 for construction of a grocery store.[ 129]
Lakehurst
Whiting
Partly owned with Pennsylvania Railroad and Tuckerton Railroad. Demolished 1958.
Winslow Junction
Demolished late 1970s.
Vineland
Demolished
Bridgeton Junction
Mauricetown
Bivalve
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