Morris Plains Station 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
Morris Plains, in
Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along 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 ...
at
Route 202 (Speedwell Ave/Littleton Rd) in downtown Morris Plains. It is a local station.
The former Lackawanna station was built in 1915 and has a brick station house. It was designed by architect
Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to resemble massive cathedrals, Morris Plains station was built as a simple one-story structure, which also contains a unique Spanish tile roof. An old train station just to the north now serves as The Morris Plains Model Railroad Club. The station was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on June 22, 1984, along with over 100 other stations within the state as part of the
Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
Now trains passing through Morris Plains go to NY Penn Station, Hackettstown Station, Dover Station and Hoboken Terminal. The train station is served by the M&E (Morris and Essex Line) Trains
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a low-level
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
Bibliography
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References
External links
Littleton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
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NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations
Renaissance Revival architecture in New Jersey
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
1848 establishments in New Jersey
Railway stations in Morris County, New Jersey
Morris Plains, New Jersey