Morris Plains station
Morris Plains | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Speedwell Avenue, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950 | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | NJT Bus: 872, 875, 880 | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 432 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 16 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | July 4, 1848[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1915[4] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | January 22, 1931[5] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 619 (average weekday)[6][7] | ||||||||||||
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Morris Plains Station | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°49′43″N 74°28′42″W / 40.82861°N 74.47833°W | ||||||||||||
Area | 1.5 acres (0.6 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | 1915 | ||||||||||||
Architect | Nies, Frank J. | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Renaissance | ||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002780[8] | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Morris Plains is a NJ Transit station in Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morristown Line at Route 202.
The former Lackawanna station was built in 1915 and has a brick station house. It was designed by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to resemble massive cathedrals, Morris Plains station was built as a simple one-story structure, which also contains a unique Spanish tile roof. An old freight station just to the north now serves for a local model railroad club.[9] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, along with over 100 other stations within the state as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[10]
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.
Ground/ Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Track 1 | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mount Tabor) | |
Track 2 | Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Morristown) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Street level | Ticket machine and parking |
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 April 3, 2020.
References
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 99. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
- ^ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. 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.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#84002780)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 5 Things About the Model Train Club (MorrisPatch.com)
- ^ Morris Plains New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
External links
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
- Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations
- Renaissance Revival architecture in New Jersey
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
- 1848 establishments in New Jersey
- Railway stations in Morris County, New Jersey
- Morris Plains, New Jersey