Hopewell station

Railway station in Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
Preceding station Conrail Following station
West Trenton
toward Reading Terminal
 Crusader and Wall Street
1976–1981
 Belle Mead
toward Newark
West Trenton
Terminus
 West Trenton Line
1981–1982
(NJ Transit)
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Glen Moore
toward Philadelphia
 New York Branch Stoutsburg
toward Bound Brook
Hopewell Station
Hopewell station in 2019
40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W / 40.39139°N 74.76333°W / 40.39139; -74.76333Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)Built1876Architectural styleSecond EmpireMPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TRNRHP reference No.84002728[5]NJRHP No.1673[6]Significant datesAdded to NRHPJune 22, 1984Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

Hopewell station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and was originally listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line.

History

The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad built the station in 1876 as part of the planned National Railway route between New York City and Washington, D.C. The station was leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879. Train service to the station was terminated in 1982.

Gallery

  • The main room of the Hopewell passenger station, at least part of which may have been the railroad office at one time.
    The main room of the Hopewell passenger station, at least part of which may have been the railroad office at one time.
  • The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.
    The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.

See also

Bibliography

  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor.

References

  1. ^ "Opening a New Rail Route". The Lancaster Intelligencer. May 3, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved September 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Poor 1865, p. 711.
  3. ^ "Agency Cuts 200 Jobs, Rail Line and Bus Routes". The Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 12, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Forrestal, Pat (October 10, 1976). "Ticket Office Remains Open". The Ridgewood News. Ridgewood, New Jersey. p. 16. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
  7. ^ "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Hopewell". National Park Service. 1984. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ^ "NRHP Nomination Form Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR". National Register of Historic Places. September 29, 1984. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  • Media related to Hopewell (D&BB station) at Wikimedia Commons
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