Murray Hill (NJT station)

Murray Hill
File:Murray Hill station, July 2010.jpg Murray Hill station as seen in July 2010.
Location	Foley Plaza, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Line(s)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 986
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	575 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Berkeley Heights toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch New Providence toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Berkeley Heights toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch New Providence toward Hoboken
Murray Hill Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	The Circle, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1890
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake, Other
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002826
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Murray Hill is a New Jersey Transit station along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on Foley Place, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road.

History

The Queen Anne style station house was built in 1890 by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. It has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

In 1982 a group of local volunteers stripped the many layers of paint off down to the wood and properly added coats of primer and the classic green color the station maintained for years. This effort was spearheaded by Arthur Braunschweiger, whose family owned a jewelry store in New Providence.

On March 23, 2013, the floor boards of the waiting room were completely replaced. It isn't clear if the replaced flooring was the original wood, though it is obvious that it had been in place for several decades at least. The rest of the station interior was left untouched during this maintenance.

Station layout

	■ Gladstone Branch	no stop
	■ Gladstone Branch	toward Gladstone (Berkeley Heights)
	■ Gladstone Branch	toward New York or Hoboken (New Providence)

There is one long, low platform that is long enough for 5 cars. In addition to the building with ticket office and waiting room, this station stop has a bench shelter next to the single track. Permitted parking is available, along with bicycle racks along the station house wall. There is a small crossing (just short enough for one vestibule of the train), where trains stop for passengers on the other track to get off.

See also

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

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Murray Hill
• DepartureVision real time train information for Murray Hill
• Morris and Essex Line schedule (Morristown Line & Gladstone Branch)