| Mauch Chunk | |||||||||||||||||
| Style: | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Central Railroad of New Jersey station | ||||||||||||||||
| Address: | 1 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 40°51′46″N 75°44′19″W | ||||||||||||||||
| Line: | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure: | Railroad Station | ||||||||||||||||
| Levels: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened: | 1888, re-opened 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned: | Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections: | Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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The Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, also known as the Jersey Central Station and Jim Thorpe Station, is a historic railroad station located at Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and built in 1888 by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. It is a -story, five-bay, red brick building in the Queen Anne style. It features a -story, cylindrical corner tower with a cylindrical roof. It is owned by the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway and served as a visitor center.[1] The station was one of two serving the community; the Lehigh Valley Railroad had a station on the opposite side of the river.
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976. It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway operates passenger excursions out of the station.