Line(s) Gladstone Branch Connections NJT Bus: 986 Fare zone 10 Area 2,000 m² Added to NRHP 22 June 1984 | Platforms 1 side platform Parking Yes Opened 1890 Architectural style Stick style Tracks 2 | |
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Location Foley Plaza, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road, Murray Hill, New Jersey Address Foley Pl, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA Similar Highland Avenue station, Mountain Station station, Mountain Avenue Station, Annandale station, Plauderville station | ||
Murray Hill is a New Jersey Transit station along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on Foley Place, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road.
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History
The Queen Anne style station house was built in 1890 by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. It has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
In 1982 a group of local volunteers stripped the many layers of paint off down to the wood and properly added coats of primer and the classic green color the station maintained for years. This effort was spearheaded by Arthur Braunschweiger, whose family owned a jewelry store in New Providence.
On March 23, 2013, the floor boards of the waiting room were completely replaced. It isn't clear if the replaced flooring was the original wood, though it is obvious that it had been in place for several decades at least. The rest of the station interior was left untouched during this maintenance.
Station layout
There is one long, low platform that is long enough for 5 cars. In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, this station stop has a bench shelter next to the single track. Permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall. There is a small crossing (just short enough for one vestibule of the train), where trains stop for passengers on the other track to get off.