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NJ Transit rail station

Far Hills
Far Hills station in September 2020.
General information
Location57 Route 202 (at junction with CR 512)
Far Hills, New Jersey 07931
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsIntercity Bus Lakeland: 78
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station code719 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
Fare zone17
History
OpenedOctober 10, 1890
RebuiltJune 2–December 20, 1914
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agency closed
Passengers
2017113 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Peapacktoward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Bernardsvilletoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Peapacktoward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Mine Brooktoward Hoboken
Far Hills Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The 1914 station depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Far Hills.
LocationFar Hills, New Jersey
Coordinates40°41′8″N 74°38′3″W / 40.68556°N 74.63417°W / 40.68556; -74.63417
Area0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built1914
ArchitectSimpson, L.R.
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002789
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location

Far Hills is a NJ Transit station in Far Hills, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States located at the intersection of Route 202 and CR 512, one-half mile (0.80 km) east of Route 206.

History

The Spanish Revival-style station was built in 1914 and also includes an old freight station to the west in a similar design. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984, listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

The former depot at Far Hills, repurposed into a house on nearby Spring Street

In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall. There is one low-level concrete side platform. Near the station, there is a passing siding to allow east and westbound trains to get past each other.

The Far Hills station has a restaurant called Butler's Pantry and is part of the NJ Transit Gladstone Branch, offering service to Hoboken Terminal, and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Kearny Connection. The station is also known as Far Hills–Bedminster because of its proximity to the town. During an earlier era, most riders would get off at the Far Hills station for the horse races at the Far Hills Steeplechase Farm.

See also

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. Open access icon
  3. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  4. "Whitehouse". The Plainfield Courier-News. June 6, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved March 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "New Far Hills Station Opened". The Bernardsville News. December 24, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. "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. Open access icon
  7. 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. Open access icon
  8. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  9. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  11. Richard Meyer (May 1981). "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Far Hills Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2015. Photo (1978)
  12. "Far Hills Station". Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  13. Far Hills New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
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