Rio Grande station (New Jersey)

Rio Grande is a historic passenger station located in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1894 by the West Jersey Railroad in nearby Rio Grande, New Jersey. Subsequently, the station served passengers on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.[3]

Rio Grande Station
Rio Grande Station, relabeled as "Cold Spring" Station for the Cape May Seashore Lines
LocationHistoric Cold Spring Village, 720 US Route 9, Lower Township, New Jersey
Coordinates38°58′31″N 74°54′41″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1894
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.07000047[1]
NJRHP No.3047[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 13, 2007
Designated NJRHPDecember 19, 2006

The station was donated to Historic Cold Spring Village, a history museum in Lower Township, and it was moved to the museum site in 1975. It now operates as a seasonal heritage railroad station for the Cape May Seashore Lines.[3] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2007. In the summer of 2013, the Cape May Seashore Lines operated Gas-powered speeder cars from Cold Spring Station to approximately one mile south on the line for the public. Since scrap vandals ravaged tracks from Woodbine to Dennisville in the summer of 2012, no locomotives or railcars have been able to operate to Cold Spring Station or points farther south since 2011.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  3. Historic Cold Spring Village. "Rio Grande Railroad Station." Accessed 2011-06-24.


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