Little Silver station

Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.

Little Silver
Little Silver station in January 2018.
Location	Oceanport (Branch) & Sycamore Avenues Little Silver, NJ 07739
Owned by	NJ Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Academy Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	19
History
Opened	1875
Rebuilt	1890, 2003
Passengers
2012	783 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Monmouth Park toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Red Bank toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station Monmouth Park toward Bay Head Junction Main Line Red Bank toward Perth Amboy
Little Silver Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
The former ticket booth at Little Silver station
Location	Little Silver, NJ
Coordinates	40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1890
Architect	H. H. Richardson
Architectural style	Richardson Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002754[2]
NJRHP No.	1999[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

History

The station was originally built in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident.[4][5] The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[6] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.

Station layout

The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.

Ground/ platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Monmouth Park or Long Branch)
	Track 2	←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Red Bank) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machine and parking

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Monmouth County, New Jersey

References

1. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
4. "Plunging Into A Creek; Fatal Accident On The Long Branch Railroad". The New York Times. June 30, 1882. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
5. "Railway Accident". Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
6. Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
7. Little Silver New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
8. Historic Places -- Monmouth County, New Jersey, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 8, 2007.

External links

• Station from Sycamore Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Oceanport Avenue from Google Maps Street View