New Providence (NJT station)

New Providence
The New Providence station in March 2015. The bridge for County Route 512 is in the distance.
Location	803 Old Springfield Avenue New Providence, NJ
Coordinates	40°42′43.7″N 74°23′11.2″W / 40.712139°N 74.386444°W / 40.712139; -74.386444Coordinates: 40°42′43.7″N 74°23′11.2″W / 40.712139°N 74.386444°W / 40.712139; -74.386444
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Gladstone Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	NJT Bus: 986 Lakeland: 78
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1899
Rebuilt	2010
Previous names	West Summit (1899–1927)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	558 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Murray Hill toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Summit toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Murray Hill toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Summit toward Hoboken

New Providence is a New Jersey Transit station in New Providence, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. The original 1899 station, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad still stands. New Providence Station is located across from the intersection of Old Springfield Avenue and Division Avenue. Springfield Avenue was rerouted north of the station in 1931. The former segment of Springfield Avenue on the opposite side of the tracks has been turned into an additional parking lot.

The station was originally named West Summit until March 1927, as the borough of New Providence felt there was confusion for not being on railroad timetables. The station rename was granted despite the fact that there was opposition by residents of Summit on renaming the station.