Morristown

Morristown
Front entrance of station, 2008
Station statistics
Address	122 Morris St. Morristown, NJ 07960
Lines	Morristown Line
Connections	NJT Bus: 871, 872, 873, 874, 880 Community Coach: 77
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	455 spaces
Other information
Opened	November 3, 1913
Accessible
Fare zone	14
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,014 (average weekday)  2.14%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Morris Plains toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Convent Station toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Morris Plains toward Buffalo Main Line Convent Station toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Morristown Railroad Station) 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 / 40.79722; -74.47417Coordinates: 40°47′50″N 74°28′27″W / 40.79722°N 74.47417°W / 40.79722; -74.47417 NRHP Reference#: 80002514 Added to NRHP: 1980

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.

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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey

Gallery

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  Train approaching station

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  Interior

Footnotes

External links

• NJT rail station information page for Morristown
• DepartureVision real time train information for Morristown
• Morris and Essex Line schedule (Morristown Line & Gladstone Branch)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Morristown (NJT station)

• Morris Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Lafayette Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View