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| address             = Washington and East Taunton Avenues<br />[[Berlin, New Jersey]]
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| opened              = 1856
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| built                          = 1856
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| architecture                   = Italianate
| added                          = February 14, 1997
| area                           = {{convert|4.6|acre}}
| refnum                         = 97000063<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=97000063}}</ref>
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| designated_other1_date         = December 30, 1996
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'''Berlin''', also known as the '''Long-a-Coming Depot''', is located in [[Berlin, New Jersey|Berlin]], [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, between East Taunton and Washington Avenues, abutting the [[New Jersey Transit]] [[Atlantic City Line]] tracks. The station was built in 1856 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on February 14, 1997 for its significance in transportation.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000063}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Long-A-Coming Depot |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Margaret |last1=Westfield |first2=Rebecca A. |last2=Hunt|date=July 1996 }} With {{NRHP url|id=97000063|photos=y|title=accompanying 9 photos}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Camden and Atlantic Railroad]] built a rail line in 1853 that ran parallel to the main road between [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], New Jersey. The station was built along the rail line in 1856. In 1867, the station name was changed to ''Berlin''. The station was closed in the 1960s due to declining passenger numbers. The [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]] (PRSL) railway company attempted to demolish the station in 1968, but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news |title=PRSL to Raze Station in Berlin; Snack Bar Rebuffed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7809432/reid-elijah-1968-prsl-to-raze/ |access-date=26 March 2021 |newspaper=Courier Post |date=10 September 1968}}</ref>

The station was restored in 1994 by the Long-a-Coming Historical Society. The station now serves as the meeting place for the historical society and several other area organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nextination.com/longacoming/trainstation.html |title=The Long-A-Coming Historical Society |website=Long-a-Coming Historical Society |access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Cite web |title=Long-A-Coming Historical Society, Berlin, NJ. Community Organization |url=https://www.long-a-coming.com/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Long-A-Coming Historical Society |language=en}}
*{{Instagram|longacominghistorical|Long-a-Coming Historical Society}}. Photographs related to the station.

{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey}}
{{NRHP in Camden County, New Jersey}}

[[Category:Berlin, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Camden County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Former railway stations in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines stations]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:1856 establishments in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1856]]
[[Category:Railway stations closed in the 1960s]]