Netcong is an
NJ Transit
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station in
Netcong, in
Morris County,
New Jersey
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, United States. Located on
Route 46 at Main Street in downtown Netcong, the small, 1-low level side platform station service passengers for 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 outbound ...
and the
Montclair-Boonton Line
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. These lines provide service to
Hoboken
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or to
New York City
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via
Midtown Direct
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on the Morristown Line at
Dover station and Montclair-Boonton at
Montclair State University station
Montclair State University, signed as Montclair State University Station at Little Falls, is a NJ Transit rail station in the Great Notch area of Little Falls, New Jersey on the Montclair-Boonton Line.
History
The station, which opened on Octo ...
. Midtown Direct service can also be transferred at
Newark Broad Street station in
Newark
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* Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area
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. There is one track and one platform on the north side, adjacent to the station. NJ Transit maintains a substantial train servicing yard east of the Netcong station at
Port Morris in
Roxbury Township. Port Morris Yard is proposed to return as the junction of the
Montclair-Boonton and Morristown lines for the
Lackawanna Cut-Off line to
Scranton
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. Transfers would be provided at
Lake Hopatcong station
Lake Hopatcong is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. The station, located in the community of Landing in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serves trains for the Montclair-Boonton Line and Morristown Line ...
in
Landing
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.
History
Service to Netcong, once known as South Stanhope, began on January 16, 1854 by the
Morris & 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 ...
.
A 1.5-story depot was constructed by the railroad out of wood and located on the westbound tracks. The current Netcong station was built by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey (and by ferry with New York City), a distance of . Incorporated in ...
's main line after construction of the Stanhope Cut-Off from 1901–1903 as the main station to Netcong and nearby
Stanhope. The brick design of the station was built with bricks from nearby
Port Murray.
The station served as the junction of the
Sussex Branch
The Sussex Railroad (later known as the Sussex Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad) was a short-line railroad in northwestern New Jersey. It replaced its predecessor, the Sussex Mine Railroad, in 1853 and operated under the Su ...
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western as well, serving towns through
Sussex County including
Branchville,
Newton
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and
Lafayette Township. Passenger railroad service on the Sussex Branch ended in October 1966, when the
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
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, the successor to the Lackawanna, cut service on many passenger branches. In 1979, the line was torn up and handed over to the
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
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. Prior to 1994, NJ Transit's service on the then-
Boonton Line terminated at Netcong. However, in late 1994, service was extended along the
Norfolk Southern
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owned tracks to
Mount Olive Township and
Hackettstown, which became the permanent western terminus of the line.
Station layout
Netcong has one low-level asphalt
side platform
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.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Station from Google Maps Street View
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Netcong, 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