Basking Ridge station

Basking Ridge is a New Jersey Transit station in Bernards Township, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line.

Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge station in September 2020. The station's former semaphore signal has been removed from the building's canopy over the platform.
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections Lakeland: 78
Other information
Station code714 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone16
History
OpenedJanuary 29, 1872[2]
Rebuilt1911[3]
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931[4]
Key dates
April 4, 1911Station depot burns[5]
July 1, 1981Station agency closed[6][7]
Passengers
201779 (average weekday)[8][9]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Bernardsville
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Lyons
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Bernardsville
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Lyons
toward Hoboken
Location

The single station building, located on the north side of the single track, was constructed in 1912 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Permitted parking is available at the station.

Station layout

The station has a single low-level side platform.

Ground/
platform level
Track 1 ←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Bernardsville)
←      Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Lyons) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Station building, ticket machine and parking

References
  1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Annual Report of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company for the Year Ending December 31st, 1911 (Report). Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1911. p. 25. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "Basking Ridge R.R. Station Burned". The Bernardsville News. April 7, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Town to Decide on Train Station". The Courier-News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. May 20, 1981. p. 17. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Polakiewicz, David (December 8, 1983). "Township, NJ Transit Working on Lease for Railroad Station". The Bernardsville News. p. 16. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  9. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.


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