List of stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey

The following is a list of all stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, including the line they were on, the date service began and ceased, and notes on the station's current status.

The Broad Street entrance to the former Broad Street station in Downtown Newark

Main Line

Station	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Liberty Street Ferry Terminal	1891[1]	April 30, 1967[1]	The Liberty Street Ferry Terminal was demolished for the construction of the World Trade Center.[1]
Communipaw Terminal	1864	April 30, 1967[2]	Station headhouse and canopy preserved in Liberty State Park.
Claremont	1868[3]	April 25, 1954[4]
VanNostrand Place	1887[5]	April 30, 1967[2]	Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6]
Greenville	1866[5]	April 30, 1967[2]	Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6]
Pamrapo (East 49th Street)	1867[7]	April 19, 1918[7]
East 45th Street	April 19, 1918[7]	April 30, 1967[7]	Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6]
East 33rd Street	1865–1866[7]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6] The original station was sold in January 1961 to a private developer.[8]
East 22nd Street	1860s[9]	August 6, 1978[9]	Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6]
West 8th Street	1864[9]	August 6, 1978[10]	Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.[6]
Avenue A	1885[11]	1925[12]	The station depot was demolished in 1925 for construction of the Newark Bay Bridge.[12]
Singers		1926[13]	Station created to serve the Singer Sewing Machine Company[13]
Elizabethport	Late 1860s[14]	August 6, 1978[10]	Rebuilt in 1938 at the cost of $141,000 by Turtur Brothers.[15] Service at the new station began in December 1938 despite being unfinished.[16] Transfer station for Newark and for trains running on the (Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch).
Spring Street	1869[17]	April 30, 1967[2]
Elizabeth	1839[17]	August 6, 1978[10]	The station was a point of transfer between Elizabeth station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Elmora Avenue	April 1870[18]	1967
Lorraine	mid-1890s[18]	April 30, 1967[2]	The station depot at Lorraine was demolished in 1968.[18]
Roselle–Roselle Park	Late 1860s[18]	August 6, 1978[10]
Aldene	1892[19]	April 25, 1954[4]	The westbound station was demolished in April 1972 after becoming a yard office in 1954.[19]
Cranford	1839[20]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Garwood	1892[20]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Westfield	1839[22]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Fanwood	1838		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Netherwood	1874[23]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Plainfield	1839[23]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Grant Avenue	September 28, 1885[24]	April 26, 1986[25]	The railroad razed the depot in 1981 and replaced it with an open-face shelter. The replacement was vandalized within a week and never replaced.[25]
Clinton Avenue	1872[24]	April 30, 1967[2]	The station agent was terminated on April 24, 1954[4] and the depot was demolished in 1957.[24]
Dunellen	1840[26]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21] The station depot was replaced in 1955, opening on December 10.[27]
Middlesex	1893[28]		The station depot was demolished in 1972.[28]
Bound Brook	1842[29]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Calco	1915[30]	1966	The station was replaced in 1999 by the Bridgewater station on the Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Manville-Finderne	1851[30]	2006	Station depot removed in 1972[30] and service ended in 2006
Somerville	January 1, 1842[31]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Raritan	c. 1851[32]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
North Branch	1848[32]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21] The former CNJ depot, built in 1900, burned in a morning fire on January 8, 1970.[33] The depot was replaced by glass shelters after the fire.[34]
White House	Late 1840s[32]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21]
Lebanon	c. 1852[32]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21] The agent was removed in 1962.[35] They sold the depot in 1967 to the High Iron Company, who sold it in 1971 for $40,000.[36]
Annandale	July 4, 1852[37]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21] Until 1873, the station was known as Clinton, when Annandale was suggested by a railroad official to change the name.[37] The station depot was closed and replaced by a shelter in October 1970.[38] The depot was torn down c. 1983.[39]
High Bridge	1856[40]		Currently a station on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[21] Junction point with (High Bridge Branch) to Califon, Long Valley and Morris County
Glen Gardner	1852[41]	January 1, 1983[42]	The station was named Spruce Run at opening, but renamed to Glen Gardner in 1871.[43] The railroad eliminated the station agent in June 1950.[44]
Hampton	1852[41]	January 1, 1983[42]	The station depot was closed and replaced by a shelter in October 1970.[38]
Ludlow-Asbury	Early 1850s[45]	1967
Valley	1852[45]	1933[45]
Bloomsbury	1852[46]
Springtown	1852[46]	1932[46]
Vulcanite	1894[47]	c. 1945[47]	The agent at Vulcanite was removed in 1934[48] while depot was demolished in 1966.[47]
Phillipsburg Union Station	1852[49]	January 1, 1983[42]
New Jersey – Pennsylvania state line at Phillipsburg
Easton	1868[50]		The station depot was burned on Labor Day 1975 and demolished in October.[50]
Glendon	before 1885[51]
Island Park
Freemansburg	1868[52]		The agent at Freemansburg was eliminated in 1947.[53] The station was demolished in 1966.[52]
Bethlehem	1868[52]	August 18, 1967[52]
Bethlehem Junction	1873[52]	April 27, 1930[52]	The station was a junction with the South Bethlehem Branch of the Lehigh and New England Railway.[52]
Allentown	March 7, 1890[54]	August 18, 1967[55]	Despite opening in March 1890, the CNJ depot was built in 1888 in preparation of service.[54]
Gordon Street	1890[56]		A depot was constructed in 1893 at Gordon Street, which became a crew quarters during The Great Depression.[55]
Front Street	1890[56]	before 1915[56]
East Allentown	1868	1890[56]	The station was closed in 1890 when the downtown Allentown station was opened. The East Allentown depot was demolished in 1911.[56]
Catasauqua	1867[56]		The station was demolished in 1955.[56]
Northampton	1867[56]	1920	The station depot, formerly known as Laubach's, was demolished in the 1970s.[56]
Siegfried	1867[57]		The station was originally known was Siegfried's Bridge until the late 1870s.[57] A new station was constructed in 1888 and again in 1892. The depot was closed during the Great Depression.[57]
Treichlers	1867[58]	1952[58]	The station remained open for freight service until 1969.[58]
Walnutport	1867[58]	1952[58]	The station depot was demolished in 1956.[58]
Lehigh Gap	1867[59]	1952[59]	The station depot was demolished in 1960.[59]
Palmerton	February 8, 1911[59]	1952[59]
Hazard	1880[59]	February 8, 1911[59]	The station was renamed in 1884 from Hazardville. The station was closed when the Palmerton station opened up.[59]
Bowmanstown	1870s–1880s[59]	1952[59]	The station was demolished in 1965.[59]
Parryville	1867[60]	1956[60]	The station depot was constructed in July 1873.[60]
Weissport	1867[60]	1952[60]	The station was constructed in 1878 and demolished in the late 1970s.[60]
Lehighton	1867[60]	1952[60]	The station was demolished in 1960.[60]
Jim Thorpe	1865[61]	June 1965[61]	The station depot was constructed in 1869 and replaced in 1873.[61]
Drakes Point	1882–1885[62]	before 1915[62]	The station was a flag stop.[62]
Rockport	1865[62]	1952[62]	The station was demolished in Hurricane Diane in August 1955.[62]
Leslie Run	1872[62]	1919[62]	The station was closed by the United States Railroad Administration.[62]
Drifton Junction	1884[62]	c. 1913[62]	The station depot burned on June 11, 1913 and the station was closed soon after.[62]
Maple Island	1882[62]	1885[62]	The station was a flag stop.[62]
Tannery	1888[62]
White Haven
Tunnel
Glen Summit
Penobscot
Laurel Run
Ashley
Wilkes-Barre			Luzerne County purchased the station in 2006, but has not yet been restored or opened for businesses due to a lack of funds from the County Redevelopment Authority[63]
Hudson
Minooka Junction
Miner's Mills
Taylor
Scranton			Part of a redevelopment project to use the space for a restaurant, retail space and offices[64]

Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch and New York & Long Branch RR

At Elizabethport, the Jersey Central's Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch split from the Main Line and ran as far as South Amboy, where it became the New York and Long Branch Railroad. The NY&LB ran as far as Bay Head Junction, NJ and was owned and operated jointly by the CNJ and PRR. At Woodbridge Jct, the Pennsylvania Railroad's Perth Amboy & Woodbridge Branch from the mainline at Rahway met the Perth Amboy & Elizabethport and the PRR had trackage rights south to the NY&LB. Currently the line is used for freight as the Chemical Coast.

Station	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Elizabeth Avenue	1875[65]
West Carteret	1875[65]	1948[66]	The station was closed in 1948 due to low ridership and other available services.[66]
Sewaren	July 3, 1876[67]	April 30, 1967[68]	The station depot at Sewaren burned on August 3, 1957.[67] The passenger shelter, built in 1959, was removed in 1968.[68]
Perth Amboy			Still in service as NJT's Perth Amboy station.
South Amboy			Still in service as NJT's South Amboy station.
Cliffwood
Matawan			Still in service as NJT's Aberdeen-Matawan station.
Hazlet	1875[69]		Still in service as NJT's Hazlet station. The CNJ removed the station agent in 1952.[69]
Middletown	1876[70]		Still in service as NJT's Middletown station.
Red Bank			Still in service as NJT's Red Bank station.
Little Silver			Still in service as NJT's Little Silver station.
Branchport		June 8, 1955[71]	The stations at Branchport and West End were eliminated with the opening of the new Long Branch station on June 8, 1955.[71] The depot caught fire on July 1–2, 1956 and condemned.[72]
Long Branch			The station depot built at Long Branch in 1891 was demolished in 1955 by a contractor from Belford, New Jersey.[73]
West End		June 8, 1955[71]	The original station at West End burned in a suspicious fire on August 27, 1921.[74] Service at West End, along with Branchport, ended on June 8, 1955 with the construction of the new Long Branch station.[71] The replacement depot was retired in 1955 for a branch of a local bank.[75]
Elberon	1876[76]		Still in service as NJT's Elberon station. The depot burned down on May 25, 1988.[76]
Deal			The station depot, abandoned for the most part, burned on February 15, 1958.[77]
Allenhurst	May 17, 1897[78][79]		Still in service as NJT's Allenhurst station. The station was demolished on April 13, 1982.[80]
North Asbury Park		July 21, 1975[81]
Asbury Park	June 26, 1875[82]		Still in service as NJT's Asbury Park station. The station depot, constructed in 1922, was demolished in March 1978.[83]
Bradley Beach			Still in service as NJT's Bradley Beach station.
Avon
Belmar			Still in service as Belmar station
Como		June 30, 1934[84]	The railroad proposed adding "Como" to the Spring Lake station name in 1934 as part of the closing of the Como station. This was declined.[85]
Spring Lake			Still in service as Spring Lake station
Sea Girt		July 21, 1975[81]
Manasquan	1876[86]		Still in service as Manasquan station. The station depot burned down on March 30, 1996 and razed that May.[86] A replacement structure was constructed in 2004.[87]
Brielle
Point Pleasant			Still in service as Point Pleasant Beach station. The station depot was demolished on June 8, 1987 and replaced by an office trailer.[88] After several delays, construction of the new station began in June 1994. The new depot opened in January 1996.[89]
Bay Head Junction			Still in service as Bay Head station. The station depot was demolished in 1976 and replaced by a smaller structure.[90]

Freehold Branch

South from Matawan, the CNJ operated the following stations:

Station	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Stillwell Street
Freneau			The railroad donated the Freneau depot, built in 1906,[91] to the Pine Creek Railroad for their museum.[92]
Morganville			The station depot was demolished c. 1980.[93]
Wickatunk			The station depot at Wickatunk was constructed in 1900 and razed in 1973.[94]
Bradevelt			The station agent was reduced to seasonal service in 1928,[95] and removed completely in August 1938.[96]
Marlboro
East Freehold
Freehold		April 25, 1953[97]	A connection was provided to Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad

Seashore Branch

East from Matawan, the CNJ operated the following stations:

Station name	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Keyport	1879[98]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot, constructed in 1890, burned down on July 4, 1968[100] despite attempts to acquire the station.[101]
First Street	1880[102]	1884[102]	The depot was demolished in 1907, but a freight house built in 1885 remained until September 1974.[102]
Union Beach	1921[102]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot burned on May 10, 1952[103] and was replaced with a wooden shelter.[102]
Natco	1880[102]		The station was known as Lolliard until the late 1910s.[102]
Keansburg	1889[102]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot, constructed in 1891,[102] was sold in 1964 by the railroad[104] and demolished in the early 1970s.[102]
Port Monmouth	1889[102]	November 2, 1966[99]	The original station depot at Port Monmouth was moved to Belford in 1890.[102] The agent was relieved of his duty in December 1954[105] with the depot remaining on the condition a shelter was constructed. By 1960, that did not occur, with most commuters waiting in the elements.[106] The station depot at Port Monmouth burned on March 5, 1997 due to arson while serving as home to a local charity. The charity, "Middletown Helps Its Own", rebuilt the station on the same foundation following general architectural design of the original, where it remains today. This "rebuilt" station is the only CNJ-era structure to exist on the Seashore Branch, now the Henry Hudson Trail.[107]
Belford	1889[102]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot came from the one at Port Monmouth in 1890.[102] The station depot lost its agent in 1964, when those services were moved to Keansburg.[108] The depot was demolished in 1973.[102]
Leonardo	1891[109]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot at Leonardo was built in 1900.[109] By 1959, the station depot had been boarded up and considered a community eyesore. 94 residents sent a letter to the CNJ requesting its demolition.[110] That became a reality in 1963, when the depot was razed in favor of a station shelter.[109][111]
Atlantic Highlands	1883[109][112]	November 2, 1966[99]	The station depot was replaced in 1893, while the older depot became a freight station. The newer depot burned down on December 16, 1951. A new station opened in its place on December 21, 1952 that lasted until 1973.[109]
Hiltons	1896[113]	November 30, 1958[114]
Water Witch	1895[109]	November 30, 1958[114]	The station depot at Water Witch was constructed in 1903 and demolished shortly after passenger service ended.[109]
Highlands	1892[113]	November 30, 1958[114]	The station was built in 1900 and replaced by a shelter in 1951.[113]
Highlands Beach	1866[113]	November 29, 1944[115]	The first passenger depot was constructed in 1874 and replaced in 1892. This depot lasted until 1944, until it was replaced by a passenger shelter.[113] However, the service would stop after a storm ruined the railroad tracks.[115]
Navesink Beach	1882[113]	November 29, 1944[115]	No station depot was ever built at Navesink Beach, just a passenger shelter, replaced in 1912.[113]
Normandy	1884[116]	November 29, 1944[115]	The station depot existed until the late 1910s, when it was replaced by a shelter.[116]
Rumson Beach	1883[116]	c. 1900 [116]	The station was known as Stokem's until 1888, when it was renamed to Rumson Beach.[116]
Laidlaws		1941[116]	The station was an unofficial summer stop for trains prior to 1902. The railroad built a platform in 1902 for permanent summer trains.[116]
Sea Bright	1866[116]	November 29, 1944[115]	The station depot at Sea Bright was erected in 1871 until being replaced in 1900.[116] As part of the project to extend NJ 36,[117] the Monmouth Boat Club demolished the station in 1950 and used some material for a shed on their campus.[118]
Low Moor	1877[119]		The station was known as Monmouth Beach North until 1882. The station was built in 1886. After a freak storm in July 1938, the roof was blown off the depot, which was tilted over.[120] The railroad promptly razed the depot.[119]
Galilee	1877[119]	1942[119]	The station was known as Monmouth Beach Centre until 1882. It was changed at that point to Monmouth Beach, until changing to Galilee in 1887. They replaced the depot in 1903.[119] In 1929, the railroad abandoned the agency at Galilee and established it at Monmouth Beach station.[121]
Monmouth Beach	1877[119]	November 29, 1944[115]	The station depot at Monmouth Beach was constructed in 1877 and replaced in 1888. That one survived until 1955.[116]
North Long Branch	1866[116]	November 29, 1944[115]	The station at North Long Branch had its first depot constructed in 1874. A fire on November 11, 1904 caused the depot to come down. In 1907, a new depot opened on the site, which would last until 1980.[119]
East Long Branch	1870[122]	November 29, 1944[115]	The station at East Long Branch was sold in 1946 and demolished in the late 1960s.[122]

Newark and New York Branch

Further information: Newark and New York Branch

The Newark and New York Railroad opened in 1869 and ran between the CRRNJ Terminal and Broad Street in Newark.

South Branch

Station	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Roycefield	1866[123]	April 25, 1953[124]	The station was razed in 1955.[123]
Flagtown	1868[123]	April 25, 1953[124]	The railroad sold the station in 1953.[123]
Neshanic	1864[125]	April 25, 1953[124]
Woodfern		April 25, 1953[124]
Higginsville		April 25, 1953[124]
Three Bridges	1864[126]	April 25, 1953[124]	The station was razed in 1955 for selling the land to New Jersey Power and Light.[126]
Flemington	July 1, 1864[127]	April 25, 1953[124]

Southern Division

In 1917, the CNJ took over the New Jersey Southern Railroad. It was along this trackage that the CNJ operated its most famous train, The Blue Comet, which ran from Jersey City to Winslow Junction, and then along The Reading Co's Atlantic City Railroad trackage to Atlantic City. South from Red Bank, the CNJ operated the following stations:

Station	Service began	Service ceased	Station status
Shrewsbury
Eatontown			Demolished
Earle
Farmingdale
Lakewood			The station depot at Lakewood burned on the morning of May 30, 1939.[128]
South Lakewood			The station depot at South Lakewood was razed in July 1953 for construction of a grocery store.[129]
Lakehurst
Whiting			Partly owned with Pennsylvania Railroad and Tuckerton Railroad. Demolished 1958. [130]
Winslow Junction			Demolished late 1970s. [130]
Vineland			Demolished
Bridgeton Junction
Mauricetown
Bivalve

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