Lebanon is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line in Lebanon, New Jersey. There is a station building on the north side of the tracks. It was designed in 1899 by New York City architect Bradford Gilbert for the Central Railroad of New Jersey.[6] The southern track is no longer in use and the stop has no weekend service. The station was purchased by the town in 1978.
Lebanon | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 1 Railroad Avenue, Lebanon, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°38′14″N 74°50′13″W / 40.6373°N 74.8370°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
Distance | 48.0 miles (77.2 km) from Jersey City[1] | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 20 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | July 4, 1852[2] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1854–1855 1900[3] | ||||||||||||
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August 1964 | Station agent removed[4] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012 | 21 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 97 feet (30 m) long and accommodates a single car.[7]
References
edit- ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
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- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ "Small Railroad Stations". The Railroad Gazette. 38 (1): 24. January 6, 1905 – via Google.
- ^ "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 75, 81. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
External links
edit- NJT Raritan Valley Line Information and Schedule Archived November 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine