Glassboro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 354 Oakwood Avenue, Glassboro, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°42′17″N 75°07′19″W / 39.7047397°N 75.1219741°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | February 5, 1971[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built by | West Jersey Rail Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 100005179[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glassboro is an inactive train station in Glassboro, New Jersey which served passengers from 1863–1971. Its station house was restored c. 2015.[4] It is located at the edge of the Rowan University campus. Listed as the West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 2020, for its significance in architecture and transportation.[5]
A new station named Glassboro would be the southern terminus of the Glassboro–Camden Line, a light rail line thru Camden and Gloucester counties.
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1971" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 26. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#100005179)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Weekly List 20200417". National Park Service. April 17, 2020.
- ^ "West Jersey Depot, Glassboro, N.J."[permanent dead link]
- ^ Koehler, Sheila; Magee, Richard (August 2019). National Register of Historic Places Registration: West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot (Draft) (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 27 photos.