Dover station (NJ Transit)
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Location | Dickerson Street Dover, NJ 07801 | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | NJT Bus: 875, 880 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Hourly and reserved | ||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 38 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 17[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 31, 1848[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 1, 1901[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes (Morristown Line only) | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 983 (average weekday)[5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Dover Railroad Station) | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dover, New Jersey, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°53′01″N 74°33′20″W / 40.88361°N 74.55556°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Area | 0.6 acres (0.2 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||
Architect | F.J. Nies | ||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 80002511[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | May 23, 1980 |
Dover is an NJ Transit station in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The station was originally built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1901 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[8]
History
On July 31, 1848, the first train rolled into Dover over the Morris & Essex Railroad. In 1863, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) acquired the Morris & Essex line. On November 1, 1901, this new Lackawanna Station was opened in Dover with the arrival of the Buffalo Express at 3:00 p.m. It was met by a citizens' committee and the Dover Cornet Band. After the dedication ceremonies, a dinner was served at the Mansion House Hotel.
Station layout and services
Both the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line serve this station, with service to Hoboken or to New York City via Midtown Direct. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, no trains travel further west than Dover.
There is a single center high center platform and a ticket agent in the building 7 days a week. A NJ Transit Rail Yard is located east of the station.
Most outbound Morristown Line and some Montclair-Boonton Line trains currently terminate at this station, as Dover is the end of electrification. Diesel service continues west to the terminus at Hackettstown.
P Platform level |
Track 1 | ← Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line limited service toward Hackettstown (Mount Arlington) ← Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line termination track |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Track 2 | Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line toward Hoboken or New York (Denville) → | |
G | Street level | Station building, ticket machines, parking |
See also
- Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
- List of NJ Transit stations
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.
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References
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
- ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Platt 1922, p. 36.
- ^ "Personal and Pertinent". The Scranton Times. October 29, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). NJ Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Morris County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
External links
Media related to Dover (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Dover, New Jersey
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations
- Railway stations in Morris County, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey