Gillette station

Gillette
Gillette station facing towards Berkeley Heights in July 2014.
Location	Mountain Avenue, Long Hill Township, New Jersey 07933
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Gladstone Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Fare zone	12
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	144 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Stirling toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Berkeley Heights toward Hoboken

Coordinates: 40°40′41.75″N 74°28′05″W / 40.6782639°N 74.46806°W / 40.6782639; -74.46806

Gillette is the first of three station stops on the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Line of New Jersey 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. The station serves trains that go to Gladstone, Summit, Hoboken Terminal and New York Pennsylvania Station for commuters.

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, which once boasted a large station depot built in 1872.