Elizabeth station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)

ELIZABETH
The former Central Railroad of New Jersey station, with the current Elizabeth station in the background.
Location 14 Julian Place, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07028
Coordinates 40°40′02″N 74°12′59″W / 40.667149°N 74.216448°W / 40.667149; -74.216448
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Services
Preceding station   Central Railroad of New Jersey   Following station
Elmora
toward Scranton
Main Line
Elizabethport
toward Communipaw
Baltimore and Ohio
Main Line
Terminus
Before 1926
toward New York
Elizabeth Station
Location Morris Ave., and Broad St., Elizabeth, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°W / 40.66778; -74.21500Coordinates: 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°W / 40.66778; -74.21500
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1893 (1893)
Architect Bruce Price
Architectural style Roanesque, Victorian Romanesque
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference # 84002825[1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1984

Elizabeth is a disused train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) in 1893. It is adjacent to a Elizabeth station on the Northeast Corridor. That station was built and owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad; in the era of private operation passengers could transfer between the two.

Status

The station has been renovated and used as commercial space; the former CNJ right-of-way in Elizabeth is unused, and passenger trains which serve the former CNJ mainline (NJT's Raritan Valley Line service) bypass Elizabeth via the Aldene Connection on their way to Newark Penn Station. The CNJ station suffered from a freight train wreck on November 4, 1972, when a boxcar derailed and pulled several other cars into the canopy. Although the buildings and freight cars were damaged, there were no injuries.[2] The CNJ head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984,[3] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[4]

The proposed Union County Light Rail, which would have connected midtown Elizabeth with Newark Airport, would have had its western terminus at this station. The station for this line would have been referred to as Midtown to distinguish from the other stations in Elizabeth on this line. The plan has been replaced by the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit system between Garwood and the airport.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Wreck at Elizabeth, NJ". Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  3. ↑ Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
  4. ↑ Elizabeth New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  5. ↑ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  6. ↑ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit", Suburban News, March 16, 2012, retrieved 2012-02-01
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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