Blairstown station

Blairstown
Blairstown
	The station house, which is now privately owned
General information
Location	Hope Road, Blairstown Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°58′06″N 74°57′14″W / 40.968200°N 74.953783°W
Owned by	Private ownership
Line(s)	Lackawanna Cut-Off
Construction
Parking	243 spaces (proposed)
Other information
Station code	65 (D&LW)
History
Opened	December 24, 1911
Closed	January 4, 1970
Former and proposed services
Proposed services

Blairstown was one of the three original Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad stations on the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line in northwestern New Jersey. Built by contractor Hyde, McFarlan & Burke, the station opened in 1911. Most passenger trains, such as the Lackawanna Limited and, later, the Phoebe Snow, plus the Twilight/Pocono Express and the Westerner/New Yorker stopped at Blairstown, which also sold commuter tickets.^[6] It was the only station on the Cut-Off to remain open until passenger service ended in January 1970 with the discontinuing of the Lake Cities. After 1970, the building housed a radio station, WHCY-FM, until the 1990s. The station building is currently privately owned.^[1]

Blairstown is slated to become a station stop once again if a proposal by New Jersey Transit to restore rail service to Scranton, Pennsylvania, comes to fruition, with the station proposed to be situated between the track and Hope Road.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New Jersey – Pennsylvania Lackawanna Cut-Off Passenger Rail Service Restoration Project Environmental Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, and New Jersey Transit in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. June 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
^ "Cut-Off to Reduce Train Schedule to New York Half Hour". The Binghamton Press. December 7, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lackawanna's Cut-Off Benefit". The Wall Street Journal. December 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Erie's Long Distance Service Ends With Lake Cities Finale". The Asbury Park Evening Press. January 5, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lackawanna Railroad, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1954.

External links

Lackawanna Cut-Off map

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[assessment-1] "New Jersey – Pennsylvania Lackawanna Cut-Off Passenger Rail Service Restoration Project Environmental Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, and New Jersey Transit in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. June 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[dlwnumbers1-2] List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.

[3] "Cut-Off to Reduce Train Schedule to New York Half Hour". The Binghamton Press. December 7, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Lackawanna's Cut-Off Benefit". The Wall Street Journal. December 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Erie's Long Distance Service Ends With Lake Cities Finale". The Asbury Park Evening Press. January 5, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Lackawanna Railroad, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1954.

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