Gillette is the first of three station stops on the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Line of NJ Transit, in Long Hill Township, New Jersey. The station consists of a small low-level side platform with a covered bench shelter on the inbound side of the single track. The station is located at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Jersey Avenue in the Gillette portion of Long Hill Township. The station has 82 parking spaces and bike lockers.

Gillette
Gillette station facing towards Berkeley Heights in July 2014.
General information
Location	Mountain Avenue, Long Hill Township, New Jersey 07933
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	707 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	12[2]
History
Opened	January 29, 1872[3]
Electrified	January 6, 1931[4]
Passengers
2017	146 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward Hoboken
Location

History

George Howell was an engineer who surveyed the area for the New Jersey West Line Railroad. The station is named after the local unincorporated area. According to local story, the area of Gillette was named after Rachel Gillette Cornish. Mr. Howell was married to Rachel Melissa Cornish, the daughter of Rachel Gillette. Since the Gladstone Branch was opened, the station has never consisted more than a shelter for passengers on the side of the tracks, unlike nearby Stirling, which once boasted a large station depot built in 1872.[7]

Station layout

Gillette station contains only a covered bench shelter on the low-level side platform, several newsstands, a pay telephone, and numerous benches facing the single track from the inbound side. This station has a ticket vending machine. Bike racks are present next to the shelter. The station has the second-largest parking lot among the three stations in Long Hill Township, boasting an 82-space lot owned by New Jersey Transit, but contracted out to the township. Of the 82 spaces, 2 are handicap-accessible, although the station is not handicapped-accessible.[8]

The station sees use by nearly all Gladstone Branch trains during the week. On weekends, commuters must transfer to the Morristown Line at Summit, which goes to New York and Hoboken.[2]

See also

• Millington station - The third station in Long Hill Township.

References

External links

• Station from Mountain Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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