Tuckahoe Train Station

Mill Street and Railroad Avenue

Tuckahoe, NJ 08250

http://www.uppertwphistory.org/

https://www.facebook.com/UpperTwpHistory/

Open: Please check the website for the times they are open.

Admission: Free but donations accepted

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The Tuckahoe Train Station at Mill Street and Railroad Avenue

I visited the Tuckahoe Train Station during Christmas of 2024. The holiday events were long over but the station was still decorated for the holidays. In the Summer of 2025, I arranged a full tour of the station museum and the rail yard.

The station’s historic sign

The station’s historic sign

The station was once the hub of the area and visitors would depart from cities like New York and Philadelphia. The trains stopped running to this area in 1981.

The train station from the front of the building in the winter of 2024

The station again in 2025

The train station history

The Summer of 2025:

My tour of the train station started with the history of the station and the development of the train station and transportation to the area. The coming of the railroad meant the development of the area as a resort town bringing hundreds of visitors each summer.

The tour started at the inside of the station and took me through the first and second floors of he old station house.

The first floor of the Tuckahoe Train Station

The Ticket a room is now the gift shop

The display cases of memorabilia from the station days

The classic train sets

Ticketing and travel materials

The entrance to the baggage Room

The Baggage Room

The old Ticketing Room

The Ticketing window

The old seating area in the Ticket Room. The tour guide told me that unions version of the benches was built brand new to match the antique one. I could not tell the difference.

The pot belly stove that kept everyone warm in the winter months

The next room over was the Waiting Room where there were more artifacts to see.

The Waiting Room

The seating in the Waiting Room

Then we toured the upstairs where the Conductor’s office and bedroom were located.

The Conductors office on the second floor

The conductor’s uniform

The we moved on to the Conductor’s living quarters when at the station working. This type of work had so much more to it in the days when rail travel was the way to go.

The Rail Conductor’s bedroom

The simple bedroom was enough so the conductor could get some rest

The artifacts from the turn of the last century

After we toured the entire building with the docent really giving me the thorough tour and history on the station and its artifacts, we went outside to discuss the trains.

We headed outside to tour the individual trains and their history. This once major shore hub has quieted down with the reduction in rail transportation due to cars.

The outside of the train station and its collection of train cars.

The train station outside where the cars are located

The Blue Comet Beach Train

The Blue Comet was once the ultimate in luxury travel when you came to the shore. This once ‘grand dame’ of travel is being renovated by the museum.

The Showman’s Car

The Pennsylvania Starline

The long line of train cars

The train cars being renovated

The Beach trains

The last part of these interesting and engaging tour was a tour of the Signal and Control Building, where all communications for the railway took place.

The Control and Signal Building

The inside where controls and repairs take place

The signal board to the train turnaround at the Y

The full tour of the Tuckahoe Train Station Museum will give you a glimpse of a once vibrant rail head and the life of visitors down the shore. The inner workings of a train station at that time are on full display here.

The History of the Tuckahoe Train Station Museum:

(from the museum website)

n the 1890’s the West Jersey and Seashore railroad, opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Atlantic City Railroad, owned by the Philadelphia and reading railway, offered competing service from, Camden to southern New Jersey seashore resorts. The first railroad line through Upper Township was completed in 1863, and the station at Tuckahoe was built over 30 years later in 1894. In 1933 the two railroads consolidated to form the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Tuckahoe served as the junction of the Ocean City and Cape May branches.

Passenger Service stopped in 1981 and soon after, freight service halted in 1983 except for the transport of coal and then oil to the power plant at Beesley’s Point. which lasted until May, 2019. The current Cape May Seashore Lines was founded in 1984 by Tony Macri.

In 1984, the Tuckahoe Train station was placed on the State and National Register for Historic Places, but afterward fell into a condition of disrepair. However, the building was restored to its original appearance in 2001 and is now the headquarters of the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township.

‘The gardens that once enhanced the grounds were established as an Eagle Scout Project in 2003. Today, the township maintains the building and the grounds. The station is now a centerpiece for local township history and the location of the Santa Express Train rides at Christmas.

I found the tour fascinating of how this museum was once the hub of transportation for this section of the Jersey Shore.