Connections NJT Bus: 76 and 190 Area 2,000 m² | Tracks 2 Opened 1898 Added to NRHP 22 June 1984 | |
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Location Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie AvenueRutherford, New Jersey Architectural styles Queen Anne style architecture, Renaissance architecture Similar Kingsland, Plauderville station, Wesmont station, Mountain Avenue Station, Garfield station | ||
Railfan at rutherford station
Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line. The station straddles the border between Rutherford and East Rutherford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station building and Hoboken Terminal-bound platform is located near a traffic circle at the junction of Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Erie Avenue and Orient Way known as Station Square, with a grade crossing on Park Avenue. The tracks serve as the border between the two municipalities and the Suffern-bound platform is actually located in East Rutherford along with its parking lot.
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History
The original station was built in 1862 by the New York and Erie Railroad and was replaced by the current station which was built in 1898 by its successor, the Erie Railroad. The station building 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.
Restoration
A two phase restoration project was started by New Jersey Transit in May 2008. The first phase to restore the outside of the building cost 1.4 million dollars and was completed in June 2009. The second phase of the project was to restore the interior and cost $1.9 million. The second phase was completed on October 25, 2010.