Far Hills station

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, ½ mile east of Route 206.

Far Hills
Far Hills station in September 2020.
Location57 Route 202 (at junction with CR 512)
Far Hills, Somerset County, New Jersey 07931
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections Lakeland: 78
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station code719 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [1]
Fare zone17
History
OpenedOctober 10, 1890[2][3]
RebuiltJune 2–December 20, 1914[4][5]
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931[6]
Key dates
July 1, 1981Station agency closed[7]
Passengers
2017113 (average weekday)[8][9]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Peapack
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Bernardsville
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Peapack
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Mine Brook
toward Hoboken
Far Hills Station
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
Area0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built1914
ArchitectSimpson, L.R.[10]
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002789[11]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location

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,[12] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[13]

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.

Ground/
platform level
Track 1 ←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Peapack)
←      Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Bernardsville) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Station building, ticket machine and parking

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.
  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.
  5. "New Far Hills Station Opened". The Bernardsville News. December 24, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  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.
  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.
  8. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  9. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. Richard Meyer (May 1981). "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Far Hills Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2015. Photo (1978)
  11. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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