Morristown 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 ...
rail station on the
Morristown Line
The Morristown Line is an NJ Transit commuter rail line connecting Morris and Essex counties to New York City, via either New York Penn Station or Hoboken Terminal. Out of 60 inbound and 58 outbound daily weekday trains, 28 inbound and 26 outbou ...
, located in
Morristown, in
Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It serves an average of 1,800 passengers on a typical weekday. Construction of the historic station began in 1912 and the facility opened November 3, 1913. A station agent and waiting room are available weekdays. The station's interior was featured in
Cyndi Lauper
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's "
Time After Time" video in 1984.
Just west of the station, at Baker Interlocking, the
Morristown and Erie Railway branches off the NJT line. The M&E's offices and shop are here.
Morristown received
ADA
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mini-high level platforms in 2005 to make the station handicapped accessible. The eastbound ramp is near Morris Street and the westbound ramp is just west of the old freight house. Morristown station has 455 parking spaces spread across three different lots near the station.
History
A predecessor station was the terminus of the
Morris and Essex Railroad
The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
History
The M&E was incorporated January 29, 1835, to build a line from Newark in Essex Co ...
, using the same railbed, constructed in 1835.
Ultimately the line extended to the east to
Hoboken
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and the
Hudson River
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connecting to New York by
ferry.
The line was previously used by a series of
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
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and
Erie Lackawanna
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railway companies from the 19th century until the 1960s. The
Morristown and Erie Railroad
Morristown & Erie Railway is a short-line railroad based in Morristown, New Jersey, chartered in 1895 as the Whippany River Railroad. It operates freight rail service in Morris County, New Jersey and surrounding areas on the original Whippany ...
(not to be confused with the Morris and Essex) operated passenger service to until 1928. In earlier years long distance trains, such as the ''Chicagoan'' and the ''
Lackawanna Limited,'' stopped at the station on their trips west. Since 1947, main line interstate trains going west beyond
Dover station bypassed the station. However, in spring 2021,
Amtrak
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announced plans for potential New York–Scranton route. Amtrak included Morristown station as an intermediate stop between
Summit station and Dover station.
[William C. Vantuono, 'Railway Age,' July 21, 2021, "Amtrak, Scranton to New York City?" https://www.railwayage.com/news/amtrak-scranton-to-new-york-city/ ]
The 1913-built
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station house was designed by
Frank J. Nies and has been on the
National Register of Historic Places
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since 1980.
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a mini-high and low-level
side platform
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.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
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Bibliography
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References
External links
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Morris Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewStation House from Google Maps Street ViewLafayette Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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