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Clinton Avenue & Grant Avnue Depots

railroadClinton Avenue
Train Station, n.d.
Paul Revere Collier

The Clinton Avenue Station, built in 1872, was originally named Evona Station after railway proprietor John Taylor Johnston’s daughter Eva. In June 7, 1874, The New York Times described the depot as the only one of its type in the country. The depot was a three-story building with the station master living on the second story. Its name was changed to the Clinton Avenue Station in January, 1895.  The building was closed in 1957, although the stop continued to operate until 1970-1971 when service was discontinued and all structures were demolished.

The Grant Avenue Station opened on September 28, 1885.  The Central Railroad of NJ built the station on donated land and $3000 contributed by area residents. The building was destroyed by arson at midnight on December 19, 1967 by two teenage boys who had broken into the station. The stop was discontinued in 1986.

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Grant Avenue Train Station
Vintage Postcard, c. 1900s

Grant Avenue Train Station
"History of Plainfield and North Plainfield"
by F. T. Smiley (Courier News, c. 1901)


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