Finderne station

Summary

Finderne or Manville–Finderne was a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Finderne section of Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. Located along Finderne Avenue (Somerset County Route 533), the station contained only one platform and old station tracks.

Finderne
The former site of the Finderne station during sunset in January 2010.
General information
LocationFinderne Avenue (County Route 533), Finderne, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
PlatformsNone
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone15[1]
History
Opened1851[2]
Closed1854 (first time)[2]
October 29, 2006 (second time)[3]
Rebuilt1868[2]
Previous namesDun's Landing (1851–1854)[2]
Manville–Finderne
Manville
Key dates
1972Station depot demolished[2]
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Somerville Raritan Valley Line Bridgewater
toward New York or Hoboken
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Somerville
Terminus
Somerville – Jersey City
Local
Bound Brook

The station, which once housed a small building between the tracks, had been without facilities for some time prior to its closure. The last train to serve Finderne was the 4:18 p.m. train to Newark Penn Station on October 27, 2006. In its last years the station had only three trains stopping on weekdays (one morning train from Newark Penn Station and two afternoon trains to Newark Penn Station) and none on weekends.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Raritan Valley Line Timetables (2001 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 64. ISBN 1891402072.
  3. ^ Glucksman, Randy. "NJ Transit" (PDF). erausa.org. New York, New York: New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association. p. 5. Retrieved May 27, 2021.[permanent dead link]

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