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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...

Vineland Transportation Center is a bus station located near Landis Avenue in Vineland, New Jersey. The bus station is served by NJT, and is the primary station for CATS, the transit system for Cumberland County, New Jersey.  Services CATS bus There are a lot of services that run to Vineland Transportation Center CATS Almost every CATS bus runs to Vineland Transportation Center. These include: Landis Avenue X-Press (LAX): This is a bus that goes from Vineland Transportation Center to Bridgeton via Landis Avenue, serving Norma and Rosenhayn on the way. This bus only runs three trips a day per direction, during rush hour only. Millville Area Connector (MAC): This bus is a loop, linking various parts of Millville to downtown Vineland, including Vineland Transportation Center, as well as a large produce market. This bus only runs four trips a day per direction, rush hours only. Social Services Shuttle (SSS): This bus goes from Vineland Transportation Center to t...

Beverly/Edgewater Park is a station on the River Line located in Beverly, New Jersey.  Tour River line train going north This is just an average River Line station, most of these are fairly similar and are just copy-pasted everywhere along the line.  Trash bin and pillar of shelter The platform as a whole Bench Telephone box?  These telephone boxes are especially unique, but ubiquitous along this line.  Rest of platform Station from behind Parking lot near the station Informational plaque about the history of railroad crossings Bus Connections There are two bus Connections at Beverly, both operated by BurLink, these are:   BurLink B1 - Beverly/Pemberton: This is a long haul bus route that goes via Willingboro and Mount Holly, as well as Pemberton and Browns Mills to the small village of Country Lakes, where it is the only transit av...

Ridgewood is a station on NJT's Main Line. The station is located in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  History The station, sometime before 1915 Ridgewood station first started life along what was formerly the Paterson and Ramapo railroad, as "Godwinville" station, in 1848. This station was rebuilt in 1856 and 1859. In 1866, the station was renamed to Ridgewood due to the popularity of the new name for the town. The station was rebuilt again in 1915, to grade separate the whole line. In 2011, the station was remodeled to make it accessible.  At its peak, Ridgewood station was a regional transfer point between many different services heading to far flung locations such as Chicago. But of course, those days couldn't last forever, and no more intercity service stops at Ridgewood station. Despite this, the station is still important in a regional context.   Services That Run Here Three services run here: Main Line : Hoboken to Suffern via Passaic County Ber...