Rutherford station

Rutherford
Rutherford station from the Hoboken Terminal-bound mini high-level platform in January 2015.
General information
Location	Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue Rutherford, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 76 and 190
Construction
Parking	136 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes; bicycle racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	2105 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	3[2]
History
Opened	December 4, 1833[3]
Rebuilt	c. 1862, 1897[4]
Passengers
2018	1,369 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Wesmont toward Suffern Bergen County Line Secaucus Junction toward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Passaic toward Chicago Main Line Jersey City Terminus Carlton Hill toward Ridgewood Main Line local stops Garfield toward Ridgewood Bergen County Railroad
Rutherford Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Rutherford Station building taken from Station Square in Rutherford.
40°49′42″N 74°6′6″W / 40.82833°N 74.10167°W / 40.82833; -74.10167
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1898
Architect	Charles W. Buchholz
Architectural style	Renaissance, Queen Anne
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002584[6]
NJRHP No.	667[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line located in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The station is located near a traffic circle at the junction of Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Erie Avenue and Orient Way known as Station Square, with a grade crossing on Park Avenue.

History

The Paterson and Hudson River Railroad was constructed through Union Township in 1833 (still mostly farmland at this point), and a station was constructed adjacent to the "Boiling Springs" (actually cold, but so named due to its turbulent flow). The service on the railroad line was initially passenger coaches pulled by horses, with the driver having a seat in the coach. The railroad soon switched to locomotive-hauled, purchasing two locomotives built in Baltimore, Maryland. The introduction of the locomotive service helped spur building construction and development in the area around Boiling Springs. The increased demand led the railroad to build a new station and ticket office as they bought land in the area to speculate on future development. The Erie Railroad which acquired the P&HR constructed a depot that was triangular in design made out of brick. The station depot was replaced in 1862. This structure in turn was replaced by the current construction of 1897.^[4] Around this time, the boroughs of Rutherford and East Rutherford were carved out from Union Township, choosing the railroad tracks as the mutual border.

The station building 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.^[8][7][6]

Restoration

A two phase restoration project was started by New Jersey Transit in May 2008. The first phase to restore the outside of the building cost $1.4 million and was completed in June 2009.^[9] The second phase of the project was to restore the interior and cost $1.9 million. The second phase was completed on October 25, 2010.^[10]

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

See also

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

Bibliography

• Lucas, Walter Arndt (1944). From the Hills to the Hudson: A History of the Paterson and Hudson River Rail Road and its Associates, the Paterson and Ramapo, and the Union Railroads. New York, New York: The Cornwall Press. hdl:2027/uc1.b4536228. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
• Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

References

External links

• Media related to Rutherford (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station from Park Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Photos of Rutherford Station