Benson Street | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Benson Street station in February 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 77 Benson Street, Glen Ridge, New Jersey 07028 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Norfolk Southern (formerly Erie Railroad, Conrail, New Jersey Transit) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 ground-level | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 1735 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1873[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | September 20, 2002[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1883[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Not electrified | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Glen Ridge,[7] Chestnut Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Benson Street is a former train station located in a residential section of the borough of Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Catlin 1873, p. 33.
- ^ Whittemore 1894, p. 47.
- ^ Baxter & Adams 1999, p. 147.
- ^ "The Montclair-Boonton Line" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. September 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Roll, Erin (June 17, 2010). "Benson repairs move into next phase". Glen Ridge Voice. Glen Ridge, New Jersey: North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. p. 69. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.