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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The former site of the Finderne station during sunset in January 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Finderne Avenue (County Route 533), Finderne, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | None | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 15[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1851[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1854 (first time)[2] October 29, 2006 (second time)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1868[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Dun's Landing (1851–1854)[2] Manville–Finderne Manville | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1972 | Station depot demolished[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ Raritan Valley Line Timetables (2001 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2001.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]