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Little Silver station

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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.
General information
LocationOceanport (CR 11) and Sycamore Avenues at Ayers Lane, Little Silver, New Jersey 07739
Owned byNJ Transit
Line(s)North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Academy Bus
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone19
History
Opened1875
Rebuilt1890, 2003
Passengers
2012783 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Monmouth Park
toward Bay Head
 North Jersey Coast Line
special event service
 Red Bank
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Long Branch
toward Bay Head
 North Jersey Coast Line
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
Map
LocationLittle Silver, NJ
Coordinates40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W / 40.3264639°N 74.0403389°W / 40.3264639; -74.0403389
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

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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

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The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. 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. August 2, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved December 18, 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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