Little Silver station facts for kids

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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
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	783 (average weekday)
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
The former ticket booth at Little Silver station
Location in Monmouth County, New Jersey Show map of Monmouth County, New Jersey Location in New Jersey Show map of New Jersey Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Little Silver, NJ
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
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

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.

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. 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 listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. 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.