Little Silver station

Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.

Little Silver
Little Silver station in January 2018.
General information
Location	Oceanport (CR 11) and Sycamore Avenues (CR 13A) at Ayers Lane, Little Silver, New Jersey 07739
Owned by	NJ Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Academy Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	19
History
Opened	1875
Rebuilt	1890, 2003
Passengers
2024	402 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Monmouth Park toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line special event service Red Bank toward New York Penn Station Long Branch toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line
Former services Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station Monmouth Park toward Bay Head Junction Main Line Red Bank toward Perth Amboy
Little Silver Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
The former ticket booth at Little Silver station
Location	Little Silver, NJ
Coordinates	40°19′35.27″N 74°2′25.22″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1890
Architect	H. H. Richardson
Architectural style	Richardson Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002754[2]
NJRHP No.	1999[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984
Location

History

The station was originally built in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident.^[4][5] The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984^[6] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[7][8] The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.

Station layout

The station has two low-level asphalt side platforms.

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Monmouth County, New Jersey