Denville station
Denville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Denville station's Morristown Line platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Estling Road (off  Route 53), Denville, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′2″N 74°28′52″W / 40.88389°N 74.48111°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 34 (Boonton Branch)[1] 436 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 16[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1848[5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 22, 1931[7] (Morristown Line only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| September 21, 1991 | Station depot burned[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 477 (average weekday)[9][10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denville is an NJ Transit station in Denville Township, New Jersey. Located on Estling Road, the three-platform station serves both the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, with service to Hoboken or to New York City via Midtown Direct. The Morristown Line is served by two low-level platforms located on a curve, with shelters and a mini-high platform while the Montclair-Boonton Line is served by a single platform next to the closed Denville Tower. Denville Tower was constructed as an interlocking tower for the junction between the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch and Main Line. The station is the end of a short electrification stretch on the Montclair-Boonton Line and the second-to-last station seeing electrified service on the Morristown Line. After the fork, Morristown Line trains serve Mount Tabor station and Montclair-Boonton Line trains serve the Mountain Lakes station.
History
Prior to the electrification of the Morristown line in the 1930s, Morristown line trains crossed the Boonton line at a right angle, just east of Denville tower, and continued northwesterly toward Rockaway. From Rockaway, the trains headed southwesterly into Dover. As part of the electrification project, the Morristown line was curved westward and joined the Boonton line in its present location. The track segment between Denville and Rockaway saw limited service after the 1930s, with service on the Rockaway Branch ending in 1948. Interstate 80 now occupies a short portion of the right-of-way.[11] The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office considered adding the station to their historic building list, however this never went through and the station was demolished in 1992 after a fire on September 21, 1991.[8] Denville Tower was given consideration, twice, once in 1978 and again in 1999, but has yet to join the State Register of Historic Places or National Register of Historic Places.[12]
Station layout
The Montclair–Boonton Line has one track and one low-level side platform serving inbound trains during the morning rush and outbound trains in the evening rush. The Morristown Line has two tracks, each with a mini-high and low-level side platform. The three tracks merge into two just west of the station.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Lot 2 | Access to ticket machines and parking |
| Outbound/Inbound | ← Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Dover) Montclair-Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken (Mountain Lakes) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Lot 1 |
Access to ticket machines and parking | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Outbound | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Dover) | |
| Inbound | Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Mount Tabor) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
See also
Bibliography
- Platt, Charles Davis (1922). Dover Dates, 1722-1922: A Bicentennial History of Dover, New Jersey , Published in Connection with Dover's Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration Under the Direction of the Dover Fire Department, August 9, 10, 11, 1922. Dover, New Jersey: Charles Davis Platt. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
References
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables" (PDF) (May 23, 2010 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. pp. 1–4. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ Platt 1922, p. 36.
- ^ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Salamon, Maureen (September 24, 1991). "Homeless Suspected in Station Fire". The Daily Record. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2018 – 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 2018-07-18.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken - Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
- ^ New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office (April 1, 2010). "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
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