Little Silver station

Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.

Little Silver
Little Silver station in January 2018.
LocationOceanport (Branch) & Sycamore Avenues
Little Silver, NJ 07739
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Academy Bus
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1875
Rebuilt1890, 2003
Traffic
Passengers (2012)783 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Monmouth Park
toward Bay Head
 North Jersey Coast Line Red Bank
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station
Monmouth Park
toward Bay Head Junction
 Main Line Red Bank
toward Perth Amboy
Little Silver Station
The former ticket booth at Little Silver station
LocationLittle Silver, NJ
Coordinates40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W
Area0.2 acres (0.1 ha)
Built1890
ArchitectH. H. Richardson
Architectural styleRichardson Romanesque
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002754[2]
NJRHP No.1999[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

History

The station was originally built in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident.[4][5] The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[6] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.

Station layout

The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.

Ground/
platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Monmouth Park or Long Branch)
Track 2 ←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Red Bank) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machine and parking

See also

References
  1. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  4. "Plunging Into A Creek; Fatal Accident On The Long Branch Railroad". The New York Times. June 30, 1882. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  5. "Railway Accident". Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  6. Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
  7. Little Silver New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  8. Historic Places -- Monmouth County, New Jersey, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 8, 2007.
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