Mount Olive is a

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station in

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and the

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along trackage owned by

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. The line is not electrified from Hackettstown to

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, where passengers can transfer to an electric

train via

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or a diesel Montclair-Boonton train via Wayne and Montclair. Trains along both lines head to

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at 34th Street in

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, although Montclair-Boonton trains require a transfer at

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or Newark Broad Street for electrified service to New York. It is also the least-used station in the NJ Transit commuter rail network.

History

After the termination of Boonton Line passenger service to Washington in 1966, service terminated at

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in Netcong. In 1994, stations were constructed along Norfolk Southern's Washington Secondary (to

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) at Mount Olive and Hackettstown, extending the line into

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and providing rail service to the International Trade Center (ITC) along with tourist attraction,

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. Service took effect on November 5, 1994 from Netcong to Hackettstown. The Washington Secondary was the original alignment of the

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via Washington and

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. Near Mount Olive station was once the Waterloo station, named after local Waterloo, New Jersey. Waterloo station was first built in 1854Wright, Kevin W. (2000)
''Newton and the Iron Horse: A History of the Sussex Railroad''
Accessed online: December 3, 2007. and remained in service until being torn down in the 1920s. It continued to receive passengers, and was the only regular stop with neither a building nor even a shelter.

Station layout

Mount Olive has one track and one mini-high

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Olive (Njt Station) Mount Olive Township, New Jersey NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1854 Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations 1854 establishments in New Jersey

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