Coordinates: 40°47′50″N 74°28′27″W / 40.79722°N 74.47417°W
| Morristown | |||||||||||
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Front entrance of station, 2008 |
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| Address | 122 Morris St. Morristown, NJ 07076 |
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| Lines | Morristown Line | ||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: MCM2, MCM3 Community Coach: 77 |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 455 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 3, 1913 | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2007) | 577,720 ▲ 4% (NJT) | ||||||||||
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| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Morristown Railroad Station) | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Morristown, New Jersey, USA |
| Coordinates: | 40°47′50″N 74°28′27″W / 40.79722°N 74.47417°W |
| Added to NRHP: | 1980 |
| NRHP Reference#: | #80002514 |
Morristown is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Morristown Line. It is located in Morristown and 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 7 days a week. The station's interior was featured in Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" video (1984).[1] Just west of the station, at Baker Interlocking the Morristown & Erie Railway branches off the NJT line. The M&E's offices and shop are located here.
Morristown received ADA mini-high level platforms in 2005 to make the station handicapped accessible. The eastbound ramp is located near Morris Street and the westbound ramp is located just west of the old freight house. Morristown station has 455 parking spaces spread across three different lots located near the station.
Along with rail service, there are three connection bus routes at Morristown station, the MCM2 and MCM4 and the Community Coach #77 line to New York, with the MCM1 stopping on Morris Street nearby.
History
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A predecessor station was the terminus of the Morris and Essex Railroad, using the same railbed, constructed in 1835.[2]
Ultimately the line extended to the east to the Hudson River connecting to New York by Ferry.
The line was previously used by a series of Lackawanna and Erie Lackawanna railway companies from the 1930s-1960s. The 1913-built Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station house has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.[3]
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Footnotes
- ^ Cyndi Lauper. (1984). Time After Time. [music video]. BMG Music. Event occurs at 3:40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5LmQmQZqg. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
- ^ Morris County Listings of the National Register of Historic Places
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