Berkeley Heights station

Berkeley Heights is a New Jersey Transit station in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. It is located on Sherman Avenue, at the corner of Plainfield Avenue. It is one block east of Springfield Avenue.

Berkeley Heights
The Berkeley Heights station facing towards the Lackawanna Railroad station depot.
Location	Sherman Avenue & Plainfield Avenue
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Lakeland: 78
Other information
Station code	706 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	11
History
Opened	January 29, 1872[2]
Rebuilt	1899[3]
Electrified	January 6, 1931[4]
Key dates
1960	Station agency closed[5]
Passengers
2017	471 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Gillette toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Murray Hill toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Gillette toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Murray Hill toward Hoboken
Location

Station layout

The station has one low-level side platform.

Ground/ Platform level	Street level	Ticket machine, parking
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 1	←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Gillette) ←      Gladstone Branch toward Summit, Hoboken or New York (Murray Hill) →

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 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 725. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
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. "Railroad to Drop Area Ticket Agent". The Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey. February 25, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

External links

• Station from Plainfield Avenue from Google Maps Street View