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NJ Transit rail station

Little Silver

Little Silver station in January 2018.

General information

Location

Oceanport (CR 11) and Sycamore Avenues (CR 13A) at Ayers Lane, Little Silver, New Jersey 07739

Owned by

NJ Transit

Line(s)

North Jersey Coast Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Academy Bus

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Accessible

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1875

Rebuilt

1890, 2003

Passengers

2012

783 (average weekday)

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Monmouth Parktoward Bay Head		North Jersey Coast Linespecial event service		Red Banktoward New York Penn Station
Long Branchtoward Bay Head		North Jersey Coast Line		Red Banktoward New York Penn Station

Former services

Preceding station	New York and Long Branch Railroad			Following station
Monmouth Parktoward Bay Head Junction		Main Line		Red Banktoward Perth Amboy

Little Silver Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

The former ticket booth at Little Silver station

Location

Little Silver, NJ

Coordinates

40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W / 40.3264639°N 74.0403389°W / 40.3264639; -74.0403389

Area

0.2 acres (0.1 ha)

Built

1890

Architect

H. H. Richardson

Architectural style

Richardson Romanesque

MPS

Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR

NRHP reference No.

84002754

NJRHP No.

1999

Significant dates

Added to NRHP

June 22, 1984

Designated NJRHP

March 17, 1984

Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.

History

The station was originally built in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident. The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890. 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. The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.

Station layout

The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.

References

"QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
"Plunging Into A Creek; Fatal Accident On The Long Branch Railroad". The New York Times. June 30, 1882. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
"Railway Accident". Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. August 2, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
Little Silver New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
Historic Places -- Monmouth County, New Jersey, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 8, 2007.

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