Stirling station (NJ Transit)

Coordinates: 40°40′29″N 74°29′36″W / 40.67472°N 74.49333°W / 40.67472; -74.49333

Stirling
Stirling Station facing the lone station platform facing towards Gillette.
Owned by NJ Transit
Line(s)
  Gladstone Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Fare zone 14[1]
History
Closed August 14, 1972 (depot razed)[2]
Rebuilt c. 1882, 1972[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 117 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
  Former services  
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
toward Hoboken

Stirling is a NJ Transit station in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. The station consists of one side platform, as well as a concrete block shelter constructed in 1972 after the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad depot was demolished.[3] The Erie Lackawanna Railroad demolished the old depot on August 14, 1972 without notifying then-Passaic Township.[2]

Station layout

The only physical facility at this station is a cinder-block-walled, shingle-roofed bench shelter facing the track. A pay telephone and a newsstand stand nearby. The low-level side platform connects to the bypass track via a walkway over the station track, allowing passengers to access trains on both tracks. Permitted parking is also available and costs $125 per year. These permits are for parking at the Gillette, Stirling, and Millington stations.

Ground/
Platform level		 Street level Ticket machine, parking
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Station track ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Millington)
Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Gillette) →
Bypass track ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Millington)
Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Gillette) →

References

  1. ↑ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Higgins, Flo (August 17, 1972). "Sad Day in Stirling - End of an Era". The Echoes-Sentinel. p. 1. Retrieved October 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 765. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  4. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.


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