User:Mitchazenia/Lambertville station

Coordinates: 40°19′58″N 74°36′12″W / 40.332790°N 74.603373°W / 40.332790; -74.603373
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Lambertville
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station
Lambertville station in September 2013.
General information
Location11 Bridge Street (Route 179), Lambertville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°19′58″N 74°36′12″W / 40.332790°N 74.603373°W / 40.332790; -74.603373
Line(s)Belvidere Division
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
OpenedFebruary 6, 1851 (revenue service)[1]
December 4, 1854 (Flemington revenue service)[2]
ClosedOctober 29, 1960[3]
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Stockton Belvidere Delaware Railroad Washington Crossing
toward Trenton
Terminus Flemington Branch Alexauken
toward Flemington

Lambertville is a defunct

commuter railroad station in the city of Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Located on the Delaware River at the base of the New Hope–Lambertville Bridge on Bridge Street (Route 179), the station served trains of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which ran between Manunka Chunk and Trenton. The next station to the south was Washington Crossing while the next station to the north was Stockton. Lambertville station also served as the end of a secondary branch, the Flemington Branch, to which the next station northeast was Alexauken. Lambertville station contained a single side platform
.

Service in Lambertville began on February 6, 1851 with the opening of the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad from

Camden and Amboy Railroad
. Regular revenue service to Flemington from Lambertville began on December 4, 1854.

Station layout and services

Inbound/Outbound Belvidere Division weekdays toward Trenton (Washington Crossing) Belvidere Division weekdays toward Manunka Chunk (Stockton)
Side platform, station depot[nb 1]
Lambertville station in September 2013, from platform

History

Penn Central, dealing with bankruptcy issues, attempted to auction the station depot at Lambertville in August 1979. However, Charles Willner, a developer from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania's $220,000 (1979 USD) bid did not meet terms of agreement. In April 1980, Robert and Rosemary Cobb won a second auction at $175,000, to which they wanted to turn it into a restaurant. However, in order to acquire the depot, the Cobbs would need to gain approval from multiple local agencies, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ The graphic reflects the end of passenger service on October 29, 1960.

Bibliography

References

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society
    . p. 4. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society
    . p. 34. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  3. Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society
    . p. 26. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. Bridgewater, New Jersey. p. B4. Retrieved November 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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