Hackettstown station

Hackettstown
Hackettstown station along the Washington Secondary, maintained by Norfolk Southern as viewed from next to the mini-high level platform at the northern end of the platform.
Location Beatty Street and Valentine Street, Hackettstown, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°51′07″N 74°50′05″W / 40.85194°N 74.83472°W / 40.85194; -74.83472Coordinates: 40°51′07″N 74°50′05″W / 40.85194°N 74.83472°W / 40.85194; -74.83472
Owned by New Jersey Transit (station)
Norfolk Southern (trackage)
Line(s)
  Morristown Line
  Montclair-Boonton Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking Hourly and reserved
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 19
History
Opened May 23, 1854[1]
Closed October 1966
Rebuilt 1868; 1994
Electrified No
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 85 (average weekday)[2][3]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
TerminusMontclair-Boonton Line
Morristown Line
  Former services  
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Port Murray
toward Portland or Phillipsburg
Old Main Line

Hackettstown is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The station is located at the intersection of Valentine Street and Beatty Street and is the western terminus of the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, which both provide service to Hoboken Terminal or to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct. Hackettstown station is the only active New Jersey Transit station in Warren County. The line from Hackettstown – Dover is diesel powered, requiring a transfer at Dover, Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street to an electrified train to New York Penn Station. Proposals exist of an extension of the Montclair-Boonton Line, including an extension to Washington and possibly Phillipsburg further along the Washington Secondary.[4]

Service west of Netcong station began in November 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Norfolk Southern's Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station[5] near Waterloo Village and the International Trade Center in the namesake township. Originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) serviced Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station (from DL&W railroad documents) built in 1868. Hackettstown station was razed in the late 1960s[6] after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966.[7]

Station layout

Hackettstown has one low-level side platform.

Ground/
Platform level		 Track 1 Morristown Line and Montclair–Boonton Line limited service toward Hoboken or New York (Mount Olive) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Ticket machines, parking

See also

References

  1. ↑ Davis, J.M. "Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society" (PDF). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. p. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  4. ↑ 2020 Transit: Possibilities For The Future (Map). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. October 2000. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ Sanderson, Bill (November 6, 1994). "People Back Home Know Best". The Record (Bergen County). Bergen County, New Jersey: The Record of Bergen County.
  6. ↑ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Volume 2: Dover to Scranton. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
  7. ↑ Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.


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