Chatham station (NJ Transit)

Chatham
View east along tracks from south platform
General information
LocationRailroad Plaza and Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, New Jersey 07928
Coordinates40°44′24.6″N 74°23′6.2″W / 40.740167°N 74.385056°W / 40.740167; -74.385056
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus: 873
Construction
Parking420 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Other information
Station code424 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone10
History
OpenedSeptember 17, 1837 (preliminary trip)[2]
September 28, 1837 (regular service)[3][4]
RebuiltSummer 1913[5]–June 19, 1914[6]
ElectrifiedDecember 18, 1930[7]
Key dates
August 1914Original station depot razed[8]
Passengers
20171,611 (average weekday)[9][10]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Madison
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line Summit
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Madison
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Summit
toward Hoboken
Location
Map

Chatham is a railway station in Chatham, New Jersey. A commuter rail station, Chatham receives rail service from statewide provider NJ Transit on its Morristown Line, a branch of the Morris & Essex Lines. Trains on the Morristown Line go to both Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station.

  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Morris and Essex is Seventy-Nine Years Old". The Madison Eagle. June 16, 1916. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Walker 1902, p. 409.
  4. ^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
  5. ^ "New Station for Chatham". The Chatham Press. May 24, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Chatham's New Station Opened for Traffic". The Chatham Press. June 20, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Lackawanna Electric Train Gets Ovations". The Paterson Morning Call. December 19, 1930. p. 34. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Of Local Interest". The Chatham Press. August 8, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved January 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.