Murray Hill station (NJ Transit)

Murray Hill
Murray Hill station as seen in September 2020.
General information
LocationFoley Plaza, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Coordinates40°41′41″N 74°24′13″W / 40.69472°N 74.40361°W / 40.69472; -74.40361
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 986
Construction
ParkingYes
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
Other information
Station code703 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone10[2]
History
OpenedJanuary 29, 1872[3]
Rebuilt1889[4]
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931[5]
Passengers
2017572 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Berkeley Heights
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch New Providence
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Berkeley Heights
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch New Providence
toward Hoboken
Murray Hill Station
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002826[8][9]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

Murray Hill is a New Jersey Transit station along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on Foley Place, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road.

  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Hampton, Pat (November 8, 1979). "Murray Hill Carves a Niche in Borough". The Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. p. 14. Retrieved January 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run". The Plainfield Courier-News. January 7, 1931. pp. 1, 13. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  7. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84002826)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference NJRHP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).