40°42′41″N 74°33′19″W / 40.71139°N 74.55528°W
Basking Ridge | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Ridge Street and Depot Place, Basking Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Lakeland Bus Lines: 78 | ||||||||||||
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Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | 714 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 16 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | January 29, 1872[2] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1911[3] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | January 6, 1931[4] | ||||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||||
April 4, 1911 | Station depot burns[5] | ||||||||||||
July 1, 1981 | Station agency closed[6][7] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 79 (average weekday)[8][9] | ||||||||||||
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Basking Ridge is an NJ Transit station in Bernards Township, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines.
The station opened on January 29, 1872. The station building was constructed in 1912 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, after the previous station depot had burnt down on April 4, 1911.[5] The station agency closed on July 1, 1981.[7]
The station has one track and a single low-level side platform. The station has a station building located on the north side of the track. Permitted parking is available at the station.