Towaco station
Towaco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Towaco station platform in September 2013, facing eastbound along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The shelter for buses can be seen to the right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°55′23″N 74°20′36″W / 40.9230°N 74.3434°WCoordinates: 40°55′23″N 74°20′36″W / 40.9230°N 74.3434°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(limited Lakeland service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 11[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 1910–1911[2], 2000[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Whitehall (–1905)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2017) | 80 (average weekday)[4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Towaco is a train station on New Jersey Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line in the Towaco section of Montville Township, New Jersey. The station is located on U.S. Route 202 and Whitehall Roads in Montville. The station has a single side platform on a single track, facing eastbound. There are also two parking lots with 220 spots for free use. There is also a 600-square-foot (56 m2) shelter on the platform for riders.
The station was first opened by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad as Whitehall. Renamed to Towaco in 1905,[6] a new depot was built in 1924 by the railroad with help from architect F.G. Neiss.[7] The depot replaced one built in the 1910s[2] and demolished in 1970. NJ Transit rebuilt the structure in 2000.[7]
Station layout
Ground/ Platform level |
Outbound/Inbound | ← Montclair–Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Boonton) Montclair–Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken or New York (Lincoln Park) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Street level | Ticket machine and parking |
Bibliography
- Florio, Patricia (2017). Images of America: Montville Township: Celebrating 150 Years. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467126403.
References
- ↑ "Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 766. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
- ↑ Florio 2017, p. 81.
- ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ↑ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). 1:Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. pp. 52–53, 80. ISBN 1-58248-214-4.
- 1 2 Pope, Clementina (September 12, 1999). "Towaco Train Station Work to Begin". The Daily Record. p. 17. Retrieved April 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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