Bernardsville station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bernardsville
The Bernardsville station in January 2010.
Location	202 Railroad Plaza, Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Lakeland: 78
Other information
Station code	715 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
Fare zone	16
History
Opened	January 29, 1872
Electrified	January 6, 1931
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	135 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Far Hills toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Basking Ridge toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Mine Brook toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Basking Ridge toward Hoboken
Bernardsville Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Somerset County, New Jersey Show map of Somerset County, New Jersey Location in New Jersey Show map of New Jersey Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	US 202, Bernardsville, New Jersey
Built	1901
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002786
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Bernardsville is a New Jersey Transit station located in Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States, along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines.

History

Bernardsville station opened on January 29, 1872 with the first New Jersey West Line Railroad train leaving Bernardsville for Summit station.

Station layout

The station building, located on the north side of the tracks, is of stone-masonry construction. There is a convenience store/deli inside the station building with a large high-ceilinged seating area that was formerly a bank branch. A public restroom and ticket vending machine are available. In 1984 the building was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places. as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Permitted parking is available at a cost of $377 per year. There are a limited number of hourly parking spots, as well as designated spots that allow free short-term parking after 10 a.m.. A statue of the late Representative Millicent Fenwick stands near the pedestrian entrance to the station parking lot.

The station's one low-level side platform has a walkway across the main track, allowing passengers to reach the outer track.