Far Hills station

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, ½ mile east of Route 206.

Far Hills
Location	57 Route 202 (at junction with CR 512) Far Hills, Somerset County, New Jersey 07931
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Lakeland: 78
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	719 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [1]
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	October 10, 1890[2][3]
Rebuilt	June 2–December 20, 1914[4][5]
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed[6]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	113 (average weekday)[7][8]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Peapack toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Bernardsville toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Peapack toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Mine Brook toward Hoboken
Far Hills Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Far Hills, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°41′8″N 74°38′3″W
Area	0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built	1914
Architect	Simpson, L.R.[9]
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002789[10]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Location
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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.[12]

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.

Far Hills station is a major exchange center for track configuration. This means that near the station, the track splits into two for east and westbound trains to get past each other.

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.

Ground/ platform level
	Track 1	←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Peapack) ←      Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Bernardsville) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machine and parking

See also

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

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
2. Stuart, Sandy (April 26, 1990). "Competing Railroads Pulled Into Peapack 100 Years Ago Last week". The Bernardsville News. p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
4. "Whitehouse". The Plainfield Courier-News. June 6, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved March 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "New Far Hills Station Opened". The Bernardsville News. December 24, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Jones, Daniel P. (May 14, 1981). "Two Rush-Hour Trains Cut From Gladstone Branch". The Bernardsville News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
8. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
9. Richard Meyer (May 1981). "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Far Hills Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-31. Photo (1978)
10. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
11. "Far Hills Station". Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
12. Far Hills New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

External links

• Media related to Far Hills (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station from US 202 from Google Maps Street View