Berkeley Heights station

Berkeley Heights is a New Jersey Transit station in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. It is located on Sherman Avenue, at the corner of Plainfield Avenue. It is one block east of Springfield Avenue.

Berkeley Heights
The Berkeley Heights station facing towards the Lackawanna Railroad station depot.
LocationSherman Avenue & Plainfield Avenue
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections Lakeland: 78
Other information
Station code706 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone11
History
OpenedJanuary 29, 1872[2]
Rebuilt1899[3]
Key dates
1960Station agency closed[4]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)471 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Gillette
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Murray Hill
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Gillette
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Murray Hill
toward Hoboken
Location

Station layout

The station has one low-level side platform.

Ground/
Platform level		 Street level Ticket machine, parking
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Gillette)
←      Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Murray Hill) →

References
  1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 725. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  4. "Railroad to Drop Area Ticket Agent". The Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. February 25, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.


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