Rutherford station

Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line. The station straddles the border between Rutherford and East Rutherford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station building and Hoboken Terminal-bound platform is located near a traffic circle at the junction of Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Erie Avenue and Orient Way known as Station Square, with a grade crossing on Park Avenue. The tracks serve as the border between the two municipalities and the Suffern-bound platform is actually located in East Rutherford along with its parking lot.

For the GO Transit station in the Greater Toronto Area, see Rutherford GO Station.

Rutherford
Rutherford station from the Hoboken Terminal-bound mini high-level platform in January 2015.
Location	Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue Rutherford, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 76 and 190
Construction
Parking	136 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes; bicycle racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	2105 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	3[2]
History
Opened	June 22, 1832[3]
Rebuilt	c. 1862, 1897[4]
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	1,158 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Wesmont toward Suffern Bergen County Line Secaucus Junction toward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Carlton Hill toward Chicago Main Line Jersey City Terminus Garfield toward Ridgewood Bergen County Railroad
Rutherford Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Rutherford Station building taken from Station Square in Rutherford.
Location	Station Square Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates	40°49′42″N 74°6′6″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1898
Architect	Charles W. Buchholz
Architectural style	Renaissance, Queen Anne
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002584[6]
NJRHP No.	667[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

History

Erie Railroad passengers at Rutherford station, circa 1940

The New York and Paterson Railroad was constructed through downtown Boiling Springs in 1832 and a station was constructed. The railroad through the area was run by horses on front, pulling railroad cars with a guy in the coach. The railroad by horse was soon switched with two locomotives built in Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of the locomotives helped grow the area around Boiling Springs. People now had the railroad build a new station and ticket office as they bought land in the area. The Erie Railroad constructed a depot that was triangular in design made out of brick. The station depot was replaced in 1862. This structure in turn was replaced by the current construction of 1897.[4]

The station building has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[8][7][6]

Restoration

A two phase restoration project was started by New Jersey Transit in May 2008. The first phase to restore the outside of the building cost $1.4 million and was completed in June 2009.[9] The second phase of the project was to restore the interior and cost $1.9 million. The second phase was completed on October 25, 2010.[10]

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Ground/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	←      Bergen County Line toward Waldwick or Suffern (Wesmont) ←      Port Jervis Line limited service toward Port Jervis (Wesmont)
	Track 2	←      Port Jervis Line limited service toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) → ←      Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

See also

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

Bibliography

• Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. Retrieved August 18, 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
3. Van Valen 1900, p. 87.
4. Van Valen 1900, p. 429.
5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
7. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
8. Rutherford New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
9. The Record May 15, 2008.
10. "Train station work all done". Leader Newspapers. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

External links

• Media related to Rutherford (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station from Park Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Photos of Rutherford Station