South Orange station explained

South Orange
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:NJ Transit BOF
Platform:1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks:3
Passengers:4,131 (average weekday)[1] [2]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:September 17, 1837 (preliminary trip)[3]
September 28, 1837 (regular service)[4] [5]
Rebuilt:February 1, 1916
Electrified:September 22, 1930[6]
Accessible:Yes (mini-platform)
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Zone:5
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
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South Orange Station
Location:17 Sloan Street,
South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7458°N -74.2608°W
Nocat:yes
Map Width:250
Built:1916
Architect:Frank J. Nies
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:June 22, 1984
Area:1.5acres
Refnum:84002669
Mapframe:yes
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Marker:rail
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South Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, New Jersey along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna) rail line. It is located in the business district of South Orange, near its town hall. It is one of two train stations in the township of South Orange, Mountain Station being the other near the township border. South Orange station was built by the Lackawanna Railroad in 1916.

History

The railroad was raised to eliminate grade crossings in South Orange in the 1910s. A new station was constructed of dark brick with a green roof.[7]

Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at South Orange station to improve accessibility and to repair ninety-year-old viaducts at the station.[8] At a cost of $22.9 million, repair work at South Orange, along with other nearby stations commenced in 2004.[9] South Orange received a mini-high level platform as a result of the repairs, and the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded to have concrete ties and the stairways leading towards the platforms were replaced.[10]

Station layout and service

As with nearly all stations on the Morris & Essex Lines east of Summit, there are three tracks at South Orange station numbered according to the scheme that was established by the Lackawanna Railroad. Track 1, the express track, is the middle of the three tracks and is served by trains in the peak rush hour direction. Track 2, the southernmost track, serves eastbound trains heading towards Hoboken and New York. Track 3 is the northernmost track and handles westbound trains to Dover, Gladstone, and Hackettstown.[11]

The western end of the platform for tracks 1 and 3 and the eastern end of the platform for track 2 contain high-level sections of platform. Installed in 2004, these allow those with handicaps to board and bring the station in compliance with ADA regulations.[8] There are a number of retail stores at street level, below the station building. As of 2022, these stores are Cait & Abby's Bakery, Starbucks, Super Cuts, On the Track Cleaners, Cold Stone Creamery, and Village Diner.

Bus services are available on the 92 and 107 lines, with both the 92 and 107 terminating at South Orange, while the 92 heads to Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station, and the 107 express line (Irvington-New York) heads to Port Authority Bus Terminal.[12]

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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: Morris and Essex is Seventy-Nine Years Old . April 19, 2020. The Madison Eagle . June 16, 1916 . 10. Newspapers.com.
  4. Walker . Herbert T. . Early History of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and it's Locomotives - Part 2: The Morris and Essex Railroad . Railroad Gazette . 1902 . 34 . April 3, 2020 . 409.
  5. Book: Douglass, A.M.. The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29 . 1912 . Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen . . April 4, 2020. 339.
  6. News: Edison Pilots First Electric Train Over Orange-Hoboken Route . January 31, 2021 . The Passaic Daily News . September 22, 1930 . 5. Newspapers.com.
  7. New Stations on the Lackawanna and New York Central . Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way . March 1916 . Reginald . Gordon . 83–85 . 12 . 3.
  8. http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project031To M&E station improvement and viaduct rehabilitation
  9. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/transitnews/article.asp?id=4270 NJ Transit approves $22.9 million in viaduct repairs
  10. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/transitnews/article.asp?id=4793 NJ Transit breaks ground on three-station rehab project
  11. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Employee Timetable, 1943.
  12. Web site: August 10, 2023 . My Bus Now: 107 . August 10, 2023 . New Jersey Transit.