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Far Hills
General information
LocationRoute 202 and CR 512
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Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsIntercity Bus Lakeland: 78
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zone17
Passengers
2012154 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station   NJT   Following station
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DL&W
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Far Hills Station
Far Hills station is located in Somerset County, New Jersey
Far Hills station
Far Hills station is located in New Jersey
Far Hills station
Far Hills station is located in the United States
Far Hills station
LocationFar Hills, New Jersey
Coordinates40°41′8″N 74°38′3″W / 40.68556°N 74.63417°W / 40.68556; -74.63417
Area0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built1914
ArchitectSimpson, L.R.[3]
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002789[2]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984

Far Hills is a New Jersey Transit station in the borough of Far Hills, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States located at the intersection of Route 202 and CR 512, ½ mile east of U.S. Route 206.

The Spanish Revival-style station was built in 1914 and also includes an old freight station to the west in a similar design. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984,[4] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[5]

The Far Hills station has a restaurant called Butler's Pantry and is part of the NJ Transit Gladstone Branch, offering service to Hoboken Terminal, and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Kearny Connection. The Far Hills station is also known as the Far Hills-Bedminster train station because of its proximity to the town. During an earlier era, most riders would get off at the Far Hills station for the horse races at the Far Hills Steeplechase Farm.

Far Hills station is a major exchange center for track configuration. This means that near the station, the track splits into 2 for east and westbound trains to get past each other.

Station layout

  ■ Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Peapack)
■ Gladstone Branch toward New York or Hoboken (Bernardsville)

In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall.

See also

References

  1. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ Richard Meyer (May 1981). "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Far Hills Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-31. Photo (1978)
  4. ^ "Far Hills Station". Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  5. ^ Far Hills New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
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