Millington is a
NJ Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...
station in the
Millington section of
Long Hill Township in
Morris County, New Jersey, United States, located at the intersection of Oaks Road and Division Avenue. It is served by the
Gladstone Branch
The Gladstone Branch (also known as the Gladstone Line) is a commuter rail line operated by NJ Transit from Gladstone station, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, to either Hoboken Terminal or New York Penn Station. It is one of two branches of th ...
of the Morris and Essex Lines, and is one of three stops in
Long Hill Township.
History
This station opened on January 29, 1872.
The
station building of stone-masonry construction was built in 1901 by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and houses the Millington Station Cafe. In 1984, it was listed in the
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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and
National Register of Historic Places
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as part of the
Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
Monmouth County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
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Station facilities and layout
The station has one low-level asphalt side platform
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that is not accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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. No buses serve the station, which does not have a station shelter except for the canopy. A 114-space parking lot owned by Long Hill Township is located south of the station. The spaces are permit-only on weekdays and evenings and are free on weekends. The station also has a single ticket machine
A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine (TVM), is a vending machine that produces paper or electronic tickets, or recharges a stored-value card or smart card or the user's mobile wallet, typically on a smartphone. For instanc ...
and bicycle racks.
See also
*List of New Jersey Transit stations
NJ Transit Rail Operations provides passenger service on 12 lines at a total of 166 stations, some operated in conjunction with Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad (MNR).
NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) was established by NJ Transit (NJT) to run c ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
References
External links
{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Long Hill Township, New Jersey
NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872
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
New Jersey Register of Historic Places