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{{Infobox station
| name=Butler
| style=Erie Railroad
| image=Butler station - August 2011.jpg
| image_caption=Butler station in August&nbsp;2011
| address=221 Main Street, [[Butler, New Jersey]] 07405
| coordinates=
| line=[[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad]]
| other=
| platform=1 [[side platform]]
| levels=
| tracks=2 NYS&W
| parking=
| bicycle=
| baggage_check=
| opened=May&nbsp;1, 1872{{sfn|Mohowski|2003|p=17}}{{sfn|Catlin|1872|p=8}}
| closed=June&nbsp;30, 1966<ref name="1966commuterend">{{cite news |title=Susquehanna Commuter Service Ends |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61641893/nysw-ends-july-1-1966/ |accessdate=October 23, 2020 |work=The Herald-News |date=July 1, 1966 |location=[[Passaic, New Jersey]] |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| rebuilt=1888<ref name="1888butler">{{cite news |last1=Gosier |first1=Chris |title=Historic Effort Gaining Steam |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118184296/butler-station-april-2-2001/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |work=The Daily Record |date=April 2, 2001 |location=[[Morristown, New Jersey]] |pages=A9&ndash;[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118184259/butler-station-part-2-april-2-2001/ A10]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| electrified=Not electrified
| accessible=
| code=1149 (Erie Railroad)<ref name="codes">{{cite web|url=http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/erie_docs/erie-losn16.html|title=List of Station Names and Numbers|date=May 1, 1916|publisher=[[Erie Railroad]]|location=[[Jersey City, New Jersey]]|accessdate=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
| owned=New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
| zone=
| former=West Bloomingdale (1872&ndash;){{sfn|Catlin|1872|p=8}}
| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad|line=Main Line|left=Charlotteburgh|right=Bloomingdale}}
| mpassengers=
| nrhp=
{{Infobox NRHP
| embed                          = yes
| name                           = New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad Station
| nrhp_type                      =
| image                          = Butler depot - August 2011.jpg
| image_size                     = 300px
| caption                        = The Butler depot in August&nbsp;2011.
| location                       = Main Street, [[Butler, New Jersey]]
| coordinates                    = {{coord|41|0|14|N|74|20|33|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin                       = USA New Jersey Morris County#New Jersey#USA
| built                          = 1872
| architect                      =
| architecture                   = Stick/Eastlake
| added                          = January 24, 2002
| area                           = {{convert|1.2|acre}}
| refnum                         = 01001492<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a|refnum=01001492}}</ref>
| designated_other1_name         = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr         = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link         = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date         = August 15, 2001
| designated_other1_number       = 2093<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/MORRIS.pdf#page=2 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office |page=2 |date=September 29, 2022 }}</ref>
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_color        = #ffc94b
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}}
'''Butler''' is a former [[commuter railroad]] [[train station]] in the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] of [[Butler, New Jersey|Butler]], [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]], [[New Jersey]]. Serving passenger and freight trains of the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]], Butler served as the western terminus of service beginning in 1941, when passenger service was cut from [[Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania]].{{sfn|Mohowski|2003|p=98}} Trains from Butler operated to [[Pavonia Terminal]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] until December&nbsp;12, 1958 and then [[Susquehanna Transfer]] in [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]] until the discontinuation of service on June&nbsp;30, 1966. Butler station consisted of a single low-level [[side platform]] with the wooden frame station. The next station east was [[Bloomingdale station|Bloomingdale]].
Railroad service through Butler began on May&nbsp;1, 1872 with the opening of the [[New Jersey Midland Railroad]] from [[Pompton Township, New Jersey|Pompton Township]] to [[Middletown, Orange County, New York|Middletown, New York]]. However, the station at the time was known as '''West Bloomingdale'''.{{sfn|Catlin|1872|p=8}}{{sfn|Mohowski|2003|p=17}} The station depot, built in [[Stick–Eastlake]] architecture in 1888,<ref name="1888butler" /> currently serves as the Butler Museum, a local nonprofit historical entity. The [[National Register of Historic Places]] added Butler station to its listings on January&nbsp;24, 2002 for its transportation significance.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01001492}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad Station |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Wayne T. |last1=McCabe |date=August 1997 }} With {{NRHP url|id=01001492|photos=y|title=accompanying 36 photos}}</ref>
==Butler Museum==
[[File:Butler station - Bailey.jpg|left|thumb|Butler station {{circa|1907&ndash;1912}}]]
The station is used as the '''Butler Museum'''.<ref>[http://www.butlermuseumnj.org/ "Butler Museum"], official website. Accessed April 29, 2010</ref>  Operated by the Butler Historical Society, the museum's collections focus on the borough's social, industrial and cultural history.
==See also==
*[[Template:NYSW (passenger 1939-1966) map|NYSW (passenger 1939–1966) map]]
*[[Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey]]
*[[List of museums in New Jersey]]
== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book |last1=Catlin |first1=George L. |title=Homes on the Midland for New York Business Men. |url=https://archive.org/details/homesonmidlandfo00catl |date=1872 |publisher=J. W. Pratt |location=[[New York, New York]]}}
*{{cite book |first=Robert E. |last=Mohowski |year=2003 |title=The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=0-8018-7222-7}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://butlermuseumnj.org/ Butler Museum]
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