Morristown station

Morristown
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
Other information
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]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Morris Plains toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Convent Station toward New York or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Morris Plains toward Buffalo Main Line Convent Station toward Hoboken Preceding station Morristown and Erie Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Monroe–Cedar Knolls toward Essex Fells
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station, also known as Morristown Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
40°47′50″N 74°28′27″W / 40.79722°N 74.47417°W / 40.79722; -74.47417
Architect	Frank J. Nies
Architectural style	Italian Villa
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	80002514[6]
NJRHP No.	2186[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 11, 1980
Designated NJRHP	October 26, 1979
Location

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.

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

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