Stirling station (NJ Transit)
40°40′29″N 74°29′36″W / 40.67472°N 74.49333°W
Stirling | |||||||||||||
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Stirling station facing the lone station platform facing towards Gillette. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 213 Central Avenue, Long Hill Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 708 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 29, 1872 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1877 August 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 6, 1931 | ||||||||||||
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| 1965 | Station agency eliminated | ||||||||||||
| August 14, 1972 | Station depot razed | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 55 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||
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Stirling station is an active commuter railroad station in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Located east of the grade crossing at Central Avenue, Stirling station serves trains of NJ Transit's Gladstone Branch, which operates between Gladstone and Hoboken on weekdays. The station consists of a single low-level side platform with a cinderblock shelter. With the station sitting on a rail siding, a wooden board exists to reach the main track for eastbound trains.
Stirling station opened on January 29, 1872 with the opening of the New Jersey West Line Railroad between Summit and Bernardsville. After the railroad abandoned use of the structure in 1965, the station depot at Stirling fell into a state of disrepair, resulting in several failed attempts to get the structure razed. After a failed deal to purchase the structure and offer it to another organization, the Erie Lackawanna Railroad demolished the depot on August 14, 1972 unannounced to local officials. After over a year of having no replacement structure, the New Jersey Department of Transportation agreed to construct a new shelter, which opened in August 1974.