Lake Hopatcong station

Lake Hopatcong
Lake Hopatcong station in December 2014, looking west toward Bridge 44.53.
General information
LocationLanding Road
Landing, New Jersey 07849
Coordinates40°54′15″N 74°39′56″W / 40.90404°N 74.66565°W / 40.90404; -74.66565
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms2 low-level side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCommuter Bus Lakeland: 80
Construction
Parking96 spaces
Other information
Station code46 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone19
History
Opened1882[2]
Rebuilt1911[3]
Previous namesHopatcong[4]
Key dates
May 1982Station overpass razed[5]
Passengers
201745 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Netcong
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Mount Arlington
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Morristown Line
limited service
Andover
toward Scranton
 Lackawanna Cut-Off
Proposed
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Greendell
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Mount Arlington
toward Hoboken
Port Morris
toward Portland or Phillipsburg
 Old Main Line Terminus
Lake Hopatcong Train Station
Lake Hopatcong station in 2020
Location125 Ledgewood-Landing Road
Roxbury, New Jersey
Coordinates40°54′14″N 74°39′58″W / 40.90400°N 74.66605°W / 40.90400; -74.66605
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectWilliam Hull Botsford, Frank J. Nies, and V. D. Steinbach
Architectural styleLate 19th & 20th Century Revivals, Tudor Revival
Part ofMorris Canal Historic District (ID16000177[8])
NJRHP No.2251; 5503[9]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 19, 2016
Designated NJRHPJune 23, 2015
February 18, 2016
Location
Map

Lake Hopatcong is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. The station, located in the community of Landing in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serves trains for the Montclair-Boonton Line and Morristown Line at peak hours and on holiday weekends. Service from Lake Hopatcong is provided to/from Hackettstown to New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal. The stop is located on the tracks below Landing Road (Morris County Route 631) next to the eponymous Lake Hopatcong. The station consists of one active platform with shelter, and an abandoned side platform. There is no accessibility for handicapped people.

Service through the Landing area began on January 16, 1854, for the Morris and Essex Railroad, but there was no stop at the shore of Lake Hopatcong.[10][11] People who wanted to visit the lake had to get off at nearby Drakesville station and traverse from there to the lake. In 1882, after the Central Railroad of New Jersey built the Wharton and Northern Railroad to Charlotteburgh, there was added incentive to bring a station to the Lake Hopatcong area. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which took over the Morris and Essex tracks, established a stop in Landing in 1882.[2] In 1910, service began by the Morris County Traction Company, an electric trolley railroad.[12]

The Lackawanna Railroad announced on July 15, 1910, that a new station would be built at Lake Hopatcong, just east of the nearby county bridge.[13] The new station opened on May 28, 1911, a new all-concrete structure with two elevators and a complete walkway on the south side of the Morris Canal.[14] Service on the Lackawanna Cut-Off, a new mainline just west at Port Morris, opened on December 24, 1911.[15][16] The concrete overpass was demolished in 1982, after being condemned in 1978. The station depot on Landing Road continues to stand.

  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b Parsekian, Ann; Armstrong, Janice; Bertland, Dennis (June 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ledgewood Historic District". National Park Service. p. 38.
  3. ^ "Lackawanna's Big Cutoff Completed; New Double-Track Line Cost Millions, Moved Mountains, and Filled Valleys" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York. December 16, 1911. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  4. ^ Taber & Taber 1981, p. 742
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1982station was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  7. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "National Register Information System – Morris Canal Historic District (Boundary Increase) (#16000177)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  9. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 23, 2022. pp. 22–3.
  10. ^ Davis, J.M. "Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society" (PDF). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. p. 8. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  11. ^ New Jersey Comptroller of the Treasury (1856). Annual Statements of the Railroad and Canal Companies:Morris and Essex Railroad Company. pp. 29–32.
  12. ^ "Lake Hopatcong in Northern New Jersey". The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. June 26, 1910. p. 77. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ "New Station at Lake Hopatcong". The Paterson Morning Call. July 16, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference may281911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "Cut-Off to Reduce Train Schedule to New York Half Hour". The Binghamton Press. December 7, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  16. ^ "Lackawanna's Cut-Off Benefit". The Wall Street Journal. December 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon