User:Mitchazenia/Adams station (New Jersey)
Adams | |||||||||||
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| Former Pennsylvania Railroad station | |||||||||||
 The former station stairs and abandoned station platform at Adams in November 2018. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Adams Lane, North Brunswick, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°26′51″N 74°29′28″W / 40.447392°N 74.491168°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | December 3, 1967[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | December 8, 1932 (Main Line)[2] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Adams is a defunct commuter railroad station in the Adams section of North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Located at the Adams Lane (County Route 608) bridge, Adams station serviced local trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Pennsylvania Station in New York City and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Adams station contained two side platforms, connected by stairs from the Adams Lane overpass and station shelters. The next station to the southwest was Deans while the next station to the northeast (towards New York City) was New Brunswick.
Adams station closed on December 3, 1967 at the same time as Deans station. However, the station site is next to an active Amtrak-owned railroad yard. NJ Transit and Middlesex County are planning to build a new station in North Brunswick at the former Johnson & Johnson factory lot.
Station layout and services
[edit]History
[edit]Grade crossing and station replacement
[edit]Closure
[edit]The railroad closed Adams station on December 3, 1967 without advance notice to commuters, resulting in confusion for those riding at Monmouth Junction and Deans.[3]
NJ Transit
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Successors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Their Historical Context: 1967" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. p. 40. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ "Electric Train Service Started by P.R.R. Today". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 8, 1932. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joseph, Elihu (December 7, 1967). "Tripped by Fine Print". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 4. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
