Orange station (NJ Transit)

Orange
Dover-bound train approaches, in April 2015
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Gladstone Branch
  Morristown Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Connections NJT Bus: 21, 41, 71, 73, 79, and 92
Community Coach: 77
ONE Bus: 24, 44
Construction
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Fare zone 4[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,401 (average weekday)[2][3]
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
Orange Station
The station depot at Orange.
Location 73 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°46′18″N 74°14′2″W / 40.77167°N 74.23389°W / 40.77167; -74.23389Coordinates: 40°46′18″N 74°14′2″W / 40.77167°N 74.23389°W / 40.77167; -74.23389
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built 1918
Architect Nies, F. J.
Architectural style Renaissance
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference # 84002665[4]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984

Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Eastbound service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and there is also service to Hoboken Terminal.

The brick station and nearby freight terminal were built in 1918. The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[5][6]

Station layout

Both platforms have walkways over their respective track allowing passengers 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 (Highland Avenue)
← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Highland Avenue)
Track 1 ← Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
Track 2 Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Brick Church) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machines, parking

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). 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. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  5. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Orange New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

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