Stirling

Long Hill Township, Italy

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 o

n 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.

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