Rutherford station


Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line. The station straddles the border between Rutherford and East Rutherford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station building and Hoboken Terminal-bound platform 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. The tracks serve as the border between the two municipalities and the Suffern-bound platform is actually located in East Rutherford along with its parking lot.

History

The New York and Paterson Railroad was constructed through downtown Boiling Springs in 1832 and a station was constructed. The railroad through the area was run by horses on front, pulling railroad cars with a guy in the coach. The railroad by horse was soon switched with two locomotives built in Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of the locomotives helped grow the area around Boiling Springs. People now had the railroad build a new station and ticket office as they bought land in the area. The Erie Railroad 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.
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.

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. 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.

Station layout

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