Far Hills station explained

Far Hills
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:NJ Transit BOF
Address:57 Route 202 (at junction with CR 512)
Far Hills, New Jersey 07931
Other: Lakeland: 78
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Opened:October 10, 1890[1] [2]
Electrified:January 6, 1931[3]
Rebuilt:June 2 - December 20, 1914[4] [5]
Years1:July 1, 1981
Events1:Station agency closed[6]
Code:719 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [7]
Zone:17
Passengers:113 (average weekday)[8] [9]
Pass Year:2017
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
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Far Hills Station
Coordinates:40.6856°N -74.6342°W
Built:1914
Architect:Simpson, L.R.[10]
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:June 22, 1984
Area:0.8acres
Refnum:84002789
Mapframe:yes
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Marker:rail
Zoom:14

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, NaNmile 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,[11] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Stuart. Sandy. Competing Railroads Pulled Into Peapack 100 Years Ago Last week. October 4, 2017. The Bernardsville News. April 26, 1990. 3. Newspapers.com.
  2. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey . . March 31, 2020 . 41. 1981.
  3. News: Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run . January 31, 2021 . . January 7, 1931 . 1, 13. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Whitehouse . March 31, 2020 . The Plainfield Courier-News . June 6, 1914 . 9. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: New Far Hills Station Opened. October 4, 2017. The Bernardsville News. December 24, 1914. 8. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Jones . Daniel P. . Two Rush-Hour Trains Cut From Gladstone Branch . March 16, 2019 . The Bernardsville News . May 14, 1981 . 1 - 2. Newspapers.com.
  7. List of Station Numbers . . 1952 . 2.
  8. Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . January 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
  9. News: Kiefer. Eric. February 21, 2018. How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?. Hoboken Patch. July 18, 2018. en.
  10. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84002789}} New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Far Hills Station]. Richard Meyer. May 31, 2015. PDF. May 1981. National Park Service.
  11. Web site: Far Hills Station. Focus. National Park Service. January 8, 2016.