Finderne station

Finderne

The former site of the Finderne Station prior to sunset in January 2010.
Location Finderne Avenue (County Route 533), Finderne, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Raritan Valley Line
Platforms None
Tracks 2
Other information
Fare zone 15[1]
History
Opened 1851[2]
Closed 1854 (first time)[2]
October 29, 2006 (second time)
Rebuilt 1868[2]
Previous names Dun's Landing (1851–1854)[2]
Manville-Finderne
Manville
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line

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

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 PM 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.

Despite the lack of both a building and easy accessibility, train conductors have confirmed to the curious that there were in fact passengers who used the stop, mostly employees of a nearby industrial plant. The station was accessible by a stairway from Van Veghten's Bridge, which spans the Raritan River. The stairway is on the west side of the road on the north bank of the river.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Raritan Valley Line Timetables (2001 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2001.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 64. ISBN 1891402072.

Coordinates: 40°33′35″N 74°34′51″W / 40.55982°N 74.58073°W / 40.55982; -74.58073

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