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Peapack station

Coordinates: 40°42′31.5″N 74°39′30.3″W / 40.708750°N 74.658417°W / 40.708750; -74.658417
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40°42′31.5″N 74°39′30.3″W / 40.708750°N 74.658417°W / 40.708750; -74.658417

Peapack
General information
Location10 Holland Avenue (CR 661), Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey 07977
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Station code721 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone18[2]
History
OpenedOctober 10, 1890[3][4]
ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931[5]
Passengers
201736 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Gladstone
Terminus
Gladstone Branch Far Hills
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Gladstone
Terminus
Gladstone Branch Far Hills–Bedminster
toward Hoboken
Location
Map

Peapack is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Peapack–Gladstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. Located on Holland Avenue (County Route 661) in the Peapack section of the municipality, the station serves trains of New Jersey Transit's Gladstone Branch.

Service in Peapack began on October 10, 1890 when trains started operating New Jersey West Line Railroad west from Bernardsville to Gladstone.

Station layout

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The station has one track and one low-level asphalt side platform. It is located just off of Holland Avenue in the Peapack section of Peapack-Gladstone, New_Jersey with a gravel parking lot. The parking lot is maintained by NJ Transit. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

References

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  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ Stuart, Sandy (April 26, 1990). "Competing Railroads Pulled Into Peapack 100 Years Ago Last week". The Bernardsville News. p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1981. p. 41. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run". The Plainfield Courier-News. January 7, 1931. pp. 1, 13. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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