Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

Highland Avenue
Location Scotland Road & Highland Avenue
Orange, NJ
Coordinates 40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W / 40.76556°N 74.24500°W / 40.76556; -74.24500Coordinates: 40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W / 40.76556°N 74.24500°W / 40.76556; -74.24500
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Gladstone Branch
  Morristown Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Connections NJT Bus: 92
ONE Bus: 44
Other information
Fare zone 5
History
Rebuilt 1905, 1916–1918[1]
Previous names Orange Valley (1858–1890)[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 233 (average weekday)[3][4]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
toward Hackettstown
Morristown Line
  Former services  
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
toward Buffalo
Main Line
toward Hoboken

Highland Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, New Jersey along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination if necessary.

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving the outer tracks. The north platform has a walkway over the Track 3 to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station.

Ground/
platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 3 ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mountain Station)
← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Mountain Station)
Track 1 ← Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
Track 2 Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Orange) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machines, parking

References

  1. ↑ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 85. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
  2. ↑ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 740. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  3. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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