Rio Grande is a historic passenger station located in Lower Township,

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, United States. The station was built in 1894 by the

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. Subsequently, the station served passengers on the

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.Historic Cold Spring Village
"Rio Grande Railroad Station."
Accessed 2021-03-26. The station was donated to Historic Cold Spring Village, a history museum in Lower Township, and it was moved to the museum site in 1975. It now operates as a seasonal

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station for the

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. The station was added to the

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on February 13, 2007, for its significance in architecture. With In the summer of 2013, the

operated Gas-powered speeder cars from Cold Spring Station to approximately one mile south on the line for the public. Since scrap vandals ravaged tracks from Woodbine to Dennisville in the summer of 2012, no locomotives or railcars have been able to operate to Cold Spring station or points farther south since 2011.

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