Hopewell station

Hopewell station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and was originally listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[6][7] New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line.

Hopewell
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Hopewell station in 2013.
History
Opened	May 1, 1876[1]
Closed	December 3, 1982[2]
Key dates
October 1976	Station agent eliminated[3]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station West Trenton toward Reading Terminal West Trenton Line Belle Mead toward Newark Penn Station Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Pennington toward Jenkintown New York Branch Skillman toward Bound Brook
Hopewell Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	Railroad Place, Hopewell, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1876
Architectural style	Second Empire
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002728[4]
NJRHP No.	1673[5]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

History

The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad built the station in 1876 as part of the planned National Railway route between New York City and Washington, D.C. The station was leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879. Train service to the station was terminated in 1982.

Gallery

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  The passenger train station of Hopewell, which has not been used as a passenger station since 1982. It has an office on the second floor and what may be in use as meeting or catering rooms downstairs.
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  This is the passenger station's waiting room, complete with vintage stove and seating. It is smaller than the main room, which may have been the station office in the old days.
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  The main room of the Hopewell passenger station, at least part of which may have been the railroad office at one time.
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  The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.
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  Hopewell station in 2007.
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  Hopewell station in fall 2019.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
• List of New Jersey Transit stations

References

1. "State News". The Item. Passaic, New Jersey. April 22, 1876. p. 4. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Agency Cuts 200 Jobs, Rail Line and Bus Routes". The Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 12, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Forrestal, Pat (October 10, 1976). "Ticket Office Remains Open". The Ridgewood News. Ridgewood, New Jersey. p. 16. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
5. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
6. "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Hopewell". National Park Service. 1984. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
7. "NRHP Nomination Form Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR". National Register of Historic Places. September 29, 1984. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

• Media related to Hopewell (D&BB station) at Wikimedia Commons