Morristown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 132 Morris Street Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 880 Community Coach: 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 455 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 430 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1838[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 3, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 18, 1930[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 1,822 (average weekday)[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station, also known as Morristown Railroad Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°47′50″N 74°28′27″W / 40.79722°N 74.47417°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Frank J. Nies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Italian Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 80002514[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 2186[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Added to NRHP | March 11, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | October 26, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morristown station is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line, located in Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It serves an average of 1,800 passengers on a typical weekday. Construction of the historic station began in 1912 and the facility opened November 3, 1913. A station agent and waiting room are available weekdays. The station's interior was featured in Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" video in 1984.[8] Just west of the station, at Baker Interlocking, the Morristown and Erie Railway branches off the NJT line. The M&E's offices and shop are here.
Morristown received accessible mini-high level platforms in 2005 to make the station handicapped accessible. The eastbound ramp is near Morris Street and the westbound ramp is just west of the old freight house. Morristown station has 455 parking spaces spread across three different lots near the station.
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History
A predecessor station was the terminus of the Morris and Essex Railroad, using the same railbed, constructed in 1835.[9]
Ultimately the line extended to the east to Hoboken and the Hudson River connecting to New York by ferry.
The line was previously used by a series of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Erie Lackawanna railway companies from the 19th century until the 1960s. The Morristown and Erie Railroad (not to be confused with the Morris and Essex) operated passenger service to Essex Fells until 1928.[10] In earlier years long distance trains, such as the Chicagoan and the Lackawanna Limited, stopped at the station on their trips west.[11] Since 1947, main line interstate trains going west beyond Dover station bypassed the station.[12] However, in spring 2021, Amtrak announced plans for potential New York–Scranton route. Amtrak included Morristown station as an intermediate stop between Summit station and Dover station.[13]
In 1913, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station house was built, designed by Frank J. Nies. In 1980, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a mini-high and low-level side platform.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
- Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
Bibliography
- Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (1913). The Conductor and Brakeman, Volume 30. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
References
- ^ "List of Station Numbers". Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1952. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen 1913, p. 533.
- ^ "Lackawanna Electric Train Gets Ovations". The Paterson Morning Call. December 19, 1930. p. 34. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#80002514)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Cyndi Lauper (1984). Time After Time (music video). BMG Music. Event occurs at 3:40. Retrieved March 14, 2009.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Archived August 11, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Parsippany Railroad Buff To Run Steam Train Again". Herald News. May 5, 1965. p. 9. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lackawanna Railroad timetable, November 15, 1941, Table 3
- ^ Lackawanna Railroad timetable, January 26, 1947, Table 3
- ^ Vantuono, William C. (July 21, 2021). "Amtrak, Scranton to New York City?". Railway Age. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022.
External links
Media related to Morristown (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Lafayette Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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