Elberon is a railway station in the Elberon section of Long Branch, Monmouth County,

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. The station is served by

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. Located at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Truax Road, It is the first station south of the electrified section of the line. The station has two side level high-level platforms and 229 parking spaces for commuter use.

History

Elberon station opened in 1876 as the fourth of four stations on the

New York and Long Branch Railroad The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad. The rail ...

, a railroad jointly owned and operated by the

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and the

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. The railroad had a station downtown, along with stops at West End (Hollywood) and nearby Branchport. The depot caught fire on November 26, 1898 after burning telegraph wires ignited the depot, along with stations at Avon, Branchport and

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. Elberon burned completely while the rest suffered minor damage. Elberon's depot was added to the

and National Registers of Historic Places in 1978. However, the depot caught fire on May 27, 1988, a complete loss. In October 1993, construction began on a replacement, which was finished and opened on June 3, 1996.

Station layout

The station has high-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a railway platform, platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or bus rapid transit, transitway. ...

References

Long Branch, New Jersey NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Stations on the North Jersey Coast Line Railway stations in the United States opened in 1876 Railway stations in Monmouth County, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Monmouth County, New Jersey Former New York and Long Branch Railroad stations {{NewJersey-railstation-stub

History

Station layout

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