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Glen Gardner
General information
Location	Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, New Jersey 08826
Coordinates	40°41′36.2″N 74°56′13.82″W
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line (NJ Transit) Main Line (Central Railroad of New Jersey)
History
Opened	1852
Closed	January 1, 1984
Rebuilt	1869
Electrified	Not electrified
Previous names	Spruce Run (1852–1871)
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Hampton toward Phillipsburg Raritan Valley Line High Bridge toward New York or Hoboken Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Hampton toward Scranton Main Line High Bridge toward Jersey City

Glen Gardner was a former station on the western extension of New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line past High Bridge, New Jersey. Located in the borough of Glen Gardner, the station was located on Sanatorium Road in the borough, near the Garrett W. Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital and Route 31. The station closed on January 1, 1984 along with stations in Hampton and Phillipsburg, when service was cut back to High Bridge.

Glen Gardner station, formerly known as Spruce Run, opened with the construction of the Central Railroad of New Jersey through Clinton Township in Hunterdon County. The station received its modern name in 1871. The railroad eliminated the station agent at Glen Gardner in 1950, reducing it to a passenger waiting station, rather than a full agency station.

Bibliography

• Beck, Henry Charlton (1983). The Roads of Home: Lanes and Legends of New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813510187.
• Schultz, J.H. (July 2, 1870). "Extract from Report of Chief Engineer". American Railway Journal. 43 (27). J.H. Schultz.