Mount Olive station explained

Mt. Olive
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Waterloo Valley Road, Budd Lake, New Jersey 07828
Coordinates:40.9074°N -74.7308°W
Tracks:1
Parking:23 parking spaces
Passengers:16 (average weekday)[1] [2]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:January 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[3]
October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit)[4]
Closed:April 24, 1960[5] [6]
Electrified:No
Owned:New Jersey Transit (station and trackage)
Zone:19[7]
Former:Waterloo
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
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Marker:rail
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Mount Olive is a NJ Transit station in Mount Olive, New Jersey, located in the International Trade Center. The station, located on the side of Waterloo Valley Road, services trains for both the Montclair-Boonton Line and the Morristown Line along trackage owned by Norfolk Southern. The line is not electrified from Hackettstown to Dover, where passengers can transfer to an electric Morristown Line train via Summit or a diesel Montclair-Boonton train via Wayne and Montclair. Trains along both lines head to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey or New York Penn Station at 34th Street in New York City, although Montclair-Boonton trains require a transfer at Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street for electrified service to New York. It is also the least-used station in the NJ Transit commuter rail network.

History

After the termination of Boonton Line passenger service to Washington in 1966, service terminated at Netcong station in Netcong. In 1994, stations were constructed along Conrail's Washington Secondary at Mount Olive and Hackettstown, extending the line into Warren County and providing rail service to the International Trade Center (ITC) along with tourist attraction, Waterloo Village. Service took effect on November 5, 1994 from Netcong to Hackettstown.[8] The Washington Secondary was the original alignment of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Main Line via Washington and Portland, Pennsylvania.[9] Near Mount Olive station was once the Waterloo station, named after local Waterloo, New Jersey. Waterloo station was first built in 1854[10] and remained in service until being torn down in the 1920s. It continued to receive passengers, and was the only regular stop with neither a building nor even a shelter.

Station layout

Mount Olive has one track and one mini-high side platform.

See also

Bibliography

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: How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?. Hoboken Patch. July 18, 2018. en.
  3. Web site: Davis . J.M. . Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society . The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company . April 7, 2020 . 8.
  4. News: Ciliberti . Dino F. . Train Service Starts Tomorrow to Mount Olive, Hackettstown . March 13, 2019 . The Daily Record . October 30, 1994 . E7 . Morristown, New Jersey. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Lackawanna Railroad Timetables . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad . April 20, 2020 . New York, New York . 14. April 24, 1960.
  6. Web site: Lackawanna Railroad Timetables . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad . April 20, 2020 . New York, New York . 14. January 1, 1960.
  7. Web site: Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables. May 23, 2010. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 1–4. September 9, 2010. Newark, New Jersey. July 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100728054346/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0030.pdf. dead.
  8. News: People Back Home Know Best. Sanderson. Bill. November 6, 1994. The Record. The Record of Bergen County. Bergen County, New Jersey.
  9. Book: Yanosey, Robert J.. Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Morning Sun Books Inc.. Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 2007. 2: Dover to Scranton.
  10. Wright, Kevin W. (2000). Newton and the Iron Horse: A History of the Sussex Railroad. Accessed online: December 3, 2007.