New Providence station

NJ Transit rail station

40°42′43.7″N 74°23′11.2″W / 40.712139°N 74.386444°W / 40.712139; -74.386444Owned byNew Jersey TransitPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Connections

NJT Bus: 986

Lakeland: 78Other informationStation code702 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)^[1]Fare zone9^[2]HistoryOpenedJanuary 29, 1872^[3]Rebuilt1899^[4]ElectrifiedJanuary 6, 1931^[5]Previous namesWest Summit (1872–1927)^[6]Passengers2017556 (average weekday)^[7]^[8] Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Murray Hill toward Gladstone		Gladstone Branch		Summit toward New York or Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad			Following station
Murray Hill toward Gladstone		Gladstone Branch		Summit toward Hoboken

Location

New Providence is a New Jersey Transit station in New Providence, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. The original 1899 station, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad still stands. New Providence station is located across from the intersection of Old Springfield Avenue and Division Avenue. Springfield Avenue was rerouted north of the station in 1931.^[9] The former segment of Springfield Avenue on the opposite side of the tracks has been turned into an additional parking lot.

The station was originally named West Summit until March 1927, as the borough of New Providence felt there was confusion for not being on railroad timetables. The station was renamed over the opposition of Summit residents.^[6]

Station layout

The station has one low-level side platform.

References

^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 755. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
^ "Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run". The Plainfield Courier-News. January 7, 1931. pp. 1, 13. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "West Summit Station Renamed "New Providence"". The Bernardsville News. March 24, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ Union County Road 512; Springfield Avenue over Gladstone Line (UglyBridges.com)