Gillette station

40°40′41.75″N 74°28′05″W

Gillette
Gillette station facing towards Berkeley Heights in July 2014.
General information
Location	Mountain Avenue, Long Hill Township, New Jersey 07933
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	707 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	12[2]
History
Opened	January 29, 1872[3]
Electrified	January 6, 1931[4]
Passengers
2017	146 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward Hoboken
Location

Gillette is a station on the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines of NJ Transit in Long Hill Township, New Jersey. It is located at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Jersey Avenue in the Gillette portion of Long Hill Township.

History

George Howell was an engineer who surveyed the area for the New Jersey West Line Railroad. The station is named after the local unincorporated area. According to local story, the area of Gillette was named after Rachel Gillette Cornish. Mr. Howell was married to Rachel Melissa Cornish, the daughter of Rachel Gillette. Since the Gladstone Branch was opened, the station has never consisted more than a shelter for passengers on the side of the tracks, unlike nearby Stirling, which once boasted a large station depot built in 1872.^[7]

Station layout

Gillette station contains one track and one low-level side platform on the inbound side of the track. The platform has a covered bench shelter, several newsstands, a pay telephone, and numerous benches. This station has a ticket vending machine. Bike racks are present next to the shelter. The station has an 82-space lot owned by New Jersey Transit, but contracted out to the township. Of the 82 spaces, 2 are handicap-accessible, although the station is not handicapped-accessible.^[8]

See also

• Millington station - The third station in Long Hill Township.

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
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.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
6. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
7. "Gladstone Branch History". Long Hill Township, New Jersey. 2010. Archived from the original on January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
8. "Station and Park Info - Gillette". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.

External links

• Station from Mountain Avenue from Google Maps Street View