Another R.R. Station Gone

D.L.& W.R.R. Co. given Permission to Discontinue Augusta Station

The change in transportation conditions in New Jersey has brought many railroad changes in Sussex county during the past twenty years. The last being the abandonment of the railroad station on the D. L. & W. R. R. at Augusta, which is also a junction with the L. & N. E. R. R.

The State Board of public Utility Commissioners has approved the discontinuance of passenger service at Augusta in accordance with an application made by the railroad company. The ruling held that business fallen off at the station and its continued maintenance is no longer necessary.

Less than twenty five years ago, an agent remained in the station during the day, and was called upon to change the signals many times during the day so that trains either on the D. L. & W. R. R. or the L. & N. E. R. R. would have the right of way and could pass by the station. Business gradually declined and the hours of the agent were reduced until he worked only a few hours each day and this service was finally discontinued after the agent was placed on the pension list.

The discontinuance of this station is similar to that of several others on railroads crossing Sussex county. Several of the stations along the L. & H. R. Ry. have been discontinued within the past score of years, because of a decline of passengers and the amount of freight business to and from local stations. There has been no passenger service on this railroad {the L&HR -DR} between Warwick and Belvidere for several years.