Finderne (NJT Station) - History

History

The Finderne station was located along Finderne Avenue (Somerset County Route 533) in Finderne. The station contained only a platform and old station tracks.

The three stops were:

  • 6:09 AM train from Newark Penn Station arriving at 6:55 AM in Finderne
  • 3:45 PM train to Newark Penn Station
  • 4:18 PM train to Newark Penn Station

An historical photo of the Finderne station can be seen in the Arcadia Publishing historical photo book "Somerset County in Postcards," by Alan A. Siegel, Somerset County Historical Society (ISBN 0-7385-0078-X). The photo is of a station house that no longer exists.

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