Rio Grande station (New Jersey)

Rio Grande is a historic passenger station located in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1894 by the Atlantic City Railroad. Subsequently, the station served passengers on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.^[3]

Rio Grande
Suspended CMSL excursion station
Rio Grande station, relabeled as "Cold Spring" station for the Cape May Seashore Lines
General information
Location	720 U.S. Route 9, Lower Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	38°58′31″N 74°54′41″W
Suspended services
Preceding station Cape May Seashore Lines Following station Terminus Rio Grande – Cape May (suspended since 2012) Cape May Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Following station Wildwood Junction toward Camden ACRR Cape May Branch Bennett toward Cape May
Rio Grande Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1894
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	07000047[1]
NJRHP No.	3047[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 13, 2007
Designated NJRHP	December 19, 2006

The station was donated to Historic Cold Spring Village, a history museum in Lower Township, and it was moved to the museum site in 1975. It now operates as a seasonal heritage railroad station for the Cape May Seashore Lines.^[3] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2007, for its significance in architecture.^[4] In the summer of 2013, the Cape May Seashore Lines operated Gas-powered speeder cars from Cold Spring Station to approximately one mile south on the line for the public. Since scrap vandals ravaged tracks from Woodbine to Dennisville in the summer of 2012, no locomotives or railcars have been able to operate to Cold Spring station or points farther south since 2011.

See also

• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#07000047)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 6.
3. Historic Cold Spring Village. "Rio Grande Railroad Station." Accessed 2021-03-26.
4. Berkey, Joan (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rio Grande Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 8 photos