Hackettstown | ||||||||||||||
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 Hackettstown station along the Washington Secondary, owned by NJ Transit as viewed from next to the mini-high level platform at the northern end of the platform. | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Beatty Street and Valentine Street, Hackettstown, New Jersey | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′07″N 74°50′05″W / 40.85194°N 74.83472°W | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit (station and trackage) | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Hourly and reserved | |||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | 911 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 19 | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[2] October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966[4] | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1868 | |||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 85 (average weekday)[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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Hackettstown is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The station is located at the intersection of Valentine Street and Beatty Street and is the western terminus of the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, which both provide service to Hoboken Terminal or to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct. Hackettstown station is the only active New Jersey Transit station in Warren County. The line from Hackettstown–Dover is diesel powered, requiring a transfer at Dover, Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street to an electrified train to New York Penn Station.[citation needed] Proposals exist of an extension of the Montclair-Boonton Line, including an extension to Washington and possibly Phillipsburg further along the Washington Secondary.[7]
History
Service west of Netcong station began on October 31, 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Conrail's Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station[8] near Waterloo Village and the International Trade Center in the namesake township. Originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) served Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station (from DL&W railroad documents) built in 1868. Hackettstown station was razed in the late 1960s[9] after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966.[10]
In 2023, NJ Transit purchased the Washington Secondary track from Netcong station to Hackettstown. Norfolk Southern retained an exclusive freight easement.[11][12]
Station layout
Hackettstown has one low-level side platform.
See also
References
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Davis, J.M. "Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society" (PDF). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. p. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
- ^ Ciliberti, Dino F. (October 30, 1994). "Train Service Starts Tomorrow to Mount Olive, Hackettstown". The Daily Record. Morristown, New Jersey. p. E7. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Erie Curtailment Approved by Judiciary". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. October 1, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "2020 Transit: Possibilities For The Future". NJ Transit. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ Sanderson, Bill (November 6, 1994). "People Back Home Know Best". The Record (Bergen County). Bergen County, New Jersey: The Record of Bergen County.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 2: Dover to Scranton. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
- ^ "DO FR-4915-01-P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD" (PDF). Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ "Real Property Owned By NJ Transit". NJ Transit. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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