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{{Short description|NJ Transit rail station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Gillette
| style =NJT RailNJ Transit
| image = Gillette Station.jpg
| image_caption = Gillette station facing towards Berkeley Heights in July 2014.▼
| image_size=300
| address = Mountain Avenue, [[Long Hill Township, New Jersey]] 07933▼
▲ | image_caption=Gillette station facing towards Berkeley Heights in July 2014.
| coordinates = ▼
▲ | address=Mountain Avenue, [[Long Hill Township, New Jersey]] 07933
| line =
▲ | coordinates=
| other =
| line=
| platform = 1 [[side platform]]▼
{{Rail color box|system=NJT|line=Gladstone}}
| levels =
| other=
| tracks = 1
▲ | platform=1 [[side platform]]
| parking =
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| bicycle =
| tracks=1
| passengers =144 146 (average weekday)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS |publisher=New Jersey Transit |accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2013 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6DEGzJnox?url=web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |archivedatearchive-date=DecemberApril 2719, 20122013 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|dflast=Kiefer|first=Eric|date=February 21, 2018|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref>▼
| parking=
| bicyclepass_year = 2017
| pass_percent = ▼
| baggage_check=
| pass_system = ▼
▲ | passengers=144 (average weekday)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS |publisher=New Jersey Transit |accessdate=January 4, 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6DEGzJnox?url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |archivedate=December 27, 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
| opened = January 29, 1872<ref name="bernardsvilleopen">{{cite news|last1=Stitcher|first1=Felecia|title=100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14182142/bernardsville_january_27_1972/|access-date=October 17, 2018|work=The Bernardsville News|date=January 27, 1972|page=42|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>
| pass_year=2012
| closed =
▲ | pass_percent=
| rebuilt =
▲ | pass_system=
| electrified = January&nbsp;6, 1931<ref>{{cite news |title=Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69033670/gladstone-electric-january-7-1931/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=[[The Courier-News|The Plainfield Courier-News]] |date=January 7, 1931 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69033613/gladstone-electric-part-2-january-7/ 13]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| opened=
| accessible = <!--no-->
| closed=
| code = 707 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)<ref name="dlwnumbers2">{{cite report|title=List of Station Numbers | work=[[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] |date=1952 |page=2}}</ref>
| rebuilt=
| owned = [[NJ Transit]]▼
| electrified=
| zone = 12<ref name="timetables">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0040.pdf|title=Morris and Essex Timetables|publisher=[[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations]]|accessdateaccess-date=November 27, 2010|date=November 7, 2010|location=Newark, New Jersey|archive-date=September 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904234953/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0040.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
| ADA=<!--no-->
| former =
| code=
| services = {{S-lineAdjacent stations|system=NJTNJ Transit|line=Gladstone|previousleft=Stirling|nextright=Berkeley Heights}}▼
▲ | owned=[[NJ Transit]]
| other_services_header = Former services
▲ | zone=12<ref name="timetables">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0040.pdf|title=Morris and Essex Timetables|publisher=[[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations]]|accessdate=November 27, 2010|date=November 7, 2010|location=Newark, New Jersey}}</ref>
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| former=
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad|line=Gladstone Branch|left=Stirling|right=Berkeley Heights}}
| services=
| mpassengers = ▼
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| mapframe = yes
▲{{S-line|system=NJT|line=Gladstone|previous=Stirling|next=Berkeley Heights}}
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{{s-note|text=Former services}}
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▲ | mpassengers=
}}
'''Gillette''' is the first of threea station stops on the [[Gladstone Branch]] of the [[Morris & Essex LineLines]] 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 stationIt is located at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Jersey Avenue in the [[Gillette, New Jersey|Gillette]] portion of [[Long Hill Township, New Jersey|Long Hill Township]]. The station has 82 parking spaces and bike lockers. The station serves trains that go to [[Gladstone (NJT station)|Gladstone]], [[Summit (NJT station)|Summit]], [[Hoboken Terminal]] and [[New York Pennsylvania Station]] for commuters.
 
== History ==
George Howell was an engineer who surveyed the area for the [[New Jersey West Line Railroad]]. 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 (NJT station)|Stirling]], which once boasted a large station depot built in 1872.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.longhillnj.info/lht/gladston.htm|title=Gladstone Branch History|year=2010|publisher=[[Long Hill Township, New Jersey]]|accessdateaccess-date=January 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113132120/http://www.longhillnj.info/lht/gladston.htm|archive-date=January 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Station layout==
Gillette station contains onlyone atrack coveredand benchone shelterlow-level side platform on the low-levelinbound side of the track. The platform has a covered bench shelter, several [[newsstand]]s, a [[pay telephone]], and numerous benches facing the single track from the inbound side. Since theThis station has a ticket vending machine, tickets purchased on board the train are charged an extra $5 fee, which is a typical penalty for other NJT stations. The station is located in fare zone 12, making a one-way ticket to New York $12.25, $10.75 to Hoboken, and $7.50 to [[Newark Broad Street Station]]. Monthly passes from New York are $353.00, $310.00 from Hoboken, and $210.00 from Newark Broad Street. 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. Permits for parking there on weekday mornings cost $285 per year. At nights and from 3 PM Friday to 5 PM Sunday, parking is free there without a permit. Of the 82 spaces, 2 are handicap-accessible, although the station is not handicapped-accessible.<ref name="parking">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=48|title=Station and Park Info - Gillette|publisher=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations|year=2011|accessdateaccess-date=March 2, 2011|location=Newark, New Jersey}}</ref> The closest accessible stations are [[Lyons (NJT station)|Lyons]] and [[Summit (NJT station)|Summit]].
 
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.<ref name="timetables" />
 
{|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray" rowspan=4 width=75|'''Ground/<br>Platform level'''
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← [[Gladstone Branch|<span style=color:#{{NJT color|Gladstone}}>'''Gladstone Branch'''</span>]] toward [[Gladstone station (NJ Transit)|Gladstone]] <small>([[Stirling station (NJ Transit)|Stirling]])</small><br>{{0|←}} [[Gladstone Branch|<span style=color:#{{NJT color|Gladstone}}>'''Gladstone Branch'''</span>]] toward [[Summit station (NJ Transit)|Summit]], [[Hoboken Terminal|Hoboken]] or [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York]] <small>([[Berkeley Heights station|Berkeley Heights]])</small> →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left or right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Ticket machine, parking
|}
 
== See also ==
*[[Millington (NJT station)]] - The third station in Long Hill Township.
 
== References ==
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