Ranya's Ramblings

Manasquan is a station on NJT's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located at 227 Main Street in Manasquan, NJ.    History Manasquan originally was established by the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1876, with the original depot being replaced 20 years later by the one at Spring Lake. The Spring Lake station was originally built for the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, much like the original Manasquan station. This second depot burned down in 1996, and was replaced by the depot that's here now. The current depot was built in 2004.   Tour Northbound train I feel like anyone who's been a long time fan of mine can already tell this station is awful within just this photo.  Southbound platform Track ballast Why are the tracks so far away from the station? When I got off the train, it was a scary ordeal to get onto the track ballast that's below platform height and then immediately cross train tracks. What do you...

Asbury Park is a station on NJT's North Jersey Coast Line, located just outside of downtown Asbury Park, New Jersey.  Tour NJCL train at Asbury Park station The day I went to Asbury Park station, the main building was under construction. Fortunately, the rest of the station still exists and is usable.  Construction notice Inside the station building Building from afar Yet another construction notice But just because the station building was under construction, doesn't mean the entire station is unusable. You can still use the platforms, which most people at this station did.  Southern Platform One very odd thing about the station is that the platforms are not directly across from each other, rather the southbound platform being further north than the northbound platform.  The platforms have about everything you'd expect from them, from benches to maps and schedules.  ...