Rutherford station

Rutherford
Rutherford station from the Hoboken Terminal-bound mini high level platform in January 2015.
Location Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue
Rutherford, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Bergen County Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 76 and 190
Construction
Parking 136 spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes; bicycle racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code 2105 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone 3[2]
History
Opened 1832[3]
Rebuilt c. 1862, 1897[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 1,158 (average weekday)[4]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Suffern
Bergen County Line
toward Hoboken
  Former services  
Erie Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
Terminus
toward Ridgewood
Bergen County Railroad
Rutherford Station
Rutherford Station building taken from Station Square in Rutherford.
Location Station Square
Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates 40°49′42″N 74°6′6″W / 40.82833°N 74.10167°W / 40.82833; -74.10167Coordinates: 40°49′42″N 74°6′6″W / 40.82833°N 74.10167°W / 40.82833; -74.10167
Area 0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built 1898
Architect Charles W. Buchholz
Architectural style Renaissance, Queen Anne
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference # 84002584[5]
NJRHP # 667[6]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP March 17, 1984

Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line. The station straddles the border between Rutherford and East Rutherford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station building and Hoboken Terminal-bound platform is located near a traffic circle at the junction of Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Erie Avenue and Orient Way known as Station Square, with a grade crossing on Park Avenue. The tracks serve as the border between the two municipalities and the Suffern-bound platform is actually located in East Rutherford along with its parking lot.

History

Erie Railroad passengers at Rutherford station, circa 1940

The New York and Paterson Railroad was constructed through downtown Boiling Springs in 1832 and a station was constructed. The railroad through the area was run by horses on front, pulling railroad cars with a guy in the coach. The railroad by horse was soon switched with two locomotives built in Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of the locomotives helped grow the area around Boiling Springs. People now had the railroad build a new station and ticket office as they bought land in the area. The Erie Railroad constructed a depot that was triangular in design made out of brick. The station depot was replaced in 1862. This structure in turn was replaced by the current construction of 1897.[3]

The station building has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][6][5]

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Ground/
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Bergen County Line toward Waldwick or Suffern (Wesmont)
← Port Jervis Line limited service toward Port Jervis (Wesmont)
Track 2 Port Jervis Line limited service toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) →
Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machines, parking

Restoration

A two phase restoration project was started by New Jersey Transit in May 2008. The first phase to restore the outside of the building cost 1.4 million dollars and was completed in June 2009.[8] The second phase of the project was to restore the interior and cost $1.9 million. The second phase was completed on October 25, 2010.[9]

See also

Bibliography

  • Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Van Valen 1900, p. 429.
  4. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  6. 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Rutherford New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  8. ↑ The Record May 15, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Train station work all done". Leader Newspapers. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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