Annandale | |||||||||||||
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 Annandale station facing eastward towards Lebanon in April 2011, several months after the station shelter was replaced. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 46 East Street, Annandale, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°38′42″N 74°52′44″W / 40.6451°N 74.8789°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 50.4 miles (81.1 km) from Jersey City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform[2] | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 77 spaces[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 20[3] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1852[4] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1900 November 1935[5] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Clinton (July 4, 1852–1873)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| September 26, 1934 | Station depot burned[6] | ||||||||||||
| October 1970 | Station agent removed[7] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 82 (average weekday)[8] | ||||||||||||
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Annandale is the penultimate station heading westbound on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line, located in the Annandale section of Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The station is located just off interchange 18 of Interstate 78 at the junction of Main Street and East Street. The final stop before High Bridge, it has one low-level side platform, with a shelter, 77 parking spaces and bicycle racks.[2]
Train service through Annandale came in 1852, when the Central Railroad of New Jersey constructed tracks through Clinton Township. Known as Clinton, the railroad had four locals move westward from White House to help build the new village in the area. For a short time, Annandale was the terminus of the line. The station opened on July 4, 1852 with passenger service to Easton, Pennsylvania. The first depot was replaced in 1900, with a new structure that caught fire in September 1934.[6] The freight station at Annandale, constructed c. 1865, was razed in 1960.[9]
Service at the Annandale depot ended in October 1970, as the station agent there and at nearby Hampton were eliminated in favor of warming shelters for passengers, who were commuting as far as Allentown, Pennsylvania to use the station.[7] The station depot constructed in 1934 was razed in 1983.[10]
- ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
- ^ a b c "Station Park & Ride Guide - Annandale". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF) (November 6, 2011 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 6, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ a b Lance, Jr., Howard P. (July 9, 1952). "Quiet Annandale Looks back on Century of History". The Plainfield Courier-News. pp. 1, 26. Retrieved March 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bernhart 2004, p. 69.
- ^ a b "Fire Destroys CNJ Station at Annandale". The Plainfield Courier-News. September 4, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "2 Jersey Central Stations to Close in Hunterdon". The Courier-News. October 14, 1970. p. 9. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ "Freight House Nearly Razed". The Plainfield Courier-News. September 8, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Leeds, Curtis (January 25, 2010). "NJ Transit promises improvements to Annandale train station". Hunterdon County Democrat. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
