Mountain Station Explained

Mountain Station should not be confused with Mountain Avenue station.

Mountain Station
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:NJ Transit BOF
Other: NJT Bus: 92
(one block east on Scotland Road)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Passengers:333 (average weekday)[1] [2]
Pass Year:2017
Rebuilt:1870s, 1914 - 1915
Electrified:September 22, 1930[3]
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Zone:5[4]
Former:Montrose
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Nrhp:
Embed:yes
Mountain Station
Location:449 Vose Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7547°N -74.2536°W
Built:1915
Architect:Nies, Frank J.
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:September 29, 1984
Area:2.5acres
Refnum:84002656
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:14

Mountain Station is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna Morristown Line).[5] The station, built in 1915, was designed by Frank J. Nies. It has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[6] [7]

Station layout and service

The station is somewhat unusual in that when the Lackawanna Railroad rebuilt the Morristown Line during the 1910s and 1920s, to eliminate grade crossings between Newark and Millburn, Mountain Station was the only location at which the elevation of the railroad's roadbed was not changed. As a result, the grade crossing of Montrose Avenue at the eastbound end of the station was eliminated and the roadway was raised onto a bridge. At the westbound end of the station, the Mountain House Road crossing was eliminated entirely and a pedestrian walkway was built. The walkway was removed during the late 1970s as part of the re-electrification project for the line, however, access to Montrose Avenue is still available due to stairs on the platform.

At present, as in the past, most trains that stop here proceed onto, or have originated in, Hoboken. Most Midtown Direct trains into New York City bypass Mountain Station, but a large number do stop at the main station in South Orange, which is less than a mile to the south (timetable west). Midtown Direct trains can be accessed from Mountain Station by transferring at an intermediate station. In addition, the 92 NJT Bus is available on Scotland Road, which goes to either South Orange Station or towards Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . January 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
  2. News: Kiefer. Eric. February 21, 2018. How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?. Hoboken Patch. 2018-07-18. en.
  3. News: Edison Pilots First Electric Train Over Orange-Hoboken Route . January 31, 2021 . The Passaic Daily News . September 22, 1930 . 5. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Morris and Essex Timetables. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 27, 2010. November 7, 2010. Newark, New Jersey. September 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120904234953/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0040.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: New Jersey Transit. www.njtransit.com.
  6. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 7 January 2015.
  7. Web site: National Register of Historical Places - NEW JERSEY (NJ), Essex County. www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.