Mount Tabor station
Mount Tabor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Mount Tabor station in September 2014 facing Morris Plains-bound. Station Road is visible to the right side. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Station Road near New Jersey Route 53 Mount Tabor, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′33″N 74°28′55″W / 40.87583°N 74.48194°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "NJT color" does not exist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 1, 1902[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 30 (average weekday)[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Tabor is a New Jersey Transit station in Denville, New Jersey along the Morristown Line just west of the small community of Mount Tabor in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. The station consists of one side platform and 48 parking spaces for commuters. One of these parking spaces is handicapped-accessible. The station sees limited service on a daily basis.
The first station at Mount Tabor was originally built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on August 19, 1881 under the supervision of a man from Newark named John Scannell.[4]
Station layout
The station has two tracks with a low-level side platform on Track 1. Access from the platform to Track 2 is provided via a walkway over the tracks, though not all trains stop at this station.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Street level | Ticket machine and parking |
| Side platform, access to both tracks | ||
| Track 1 | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Denville) | |
| Track 2 | Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Morris Plains) → | |
References
- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 753. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ Mount Tabor Historical Society (2007). Images of America: Mount Tabor. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7385-5010-7.
External links
Media related to Mount Tabor (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
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