Far Hills station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Far Hills
Far Hills station in September 2020.
Location	57 Route 202 (at junction with CR 512) Far Hills, New Jersey 07931
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Lakeland: 78
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	719 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	October 10, 1890
Rebuilt	June 2–December 20, 1914
Electrified	January 6, 1931
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	113 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Peapack toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Bernardsville toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Peapack toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Mine Brook toward Hoboken
Far Hills Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The 1914 station depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Far Hills.
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	Far Hills, New Jersey
Area	0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built	1914
Architect	Simpson, L.R.
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002789
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Far Hills is a NJ Transit station in Far Hills, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States located at the intersection of Route 202 and CR 512, one-half mile (0.80 km) east of Route 206.

History

The Spanish Revival-style station was built in 1914 and also includes an old freight station to the west in a similar design. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984, listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

The former depot at Far Hills, repurposed into a house on nearby Spring Street

In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall. There is one low-level concrete side platform. Near the station, there is a passing siding to allow east and westbound trains to get past each other.

The Far Hills station has a restaurant called Butler's Pantry and is part of the NJ Transit Gladstone Branch, offering service to Hoboken Terminal, and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Kearny Connection. The station is also known as Far Hills–Bedminster because of its proximity to the town. During an earlier era, most riders would get off at the Far Hills station for the horse races at the Far Hills Steeplechase Farm.