Morris Plains station

Morris Plains
Station at Morris Plains
General information
Location673 Speedwell Avenue (US 202),
Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
Line(s)NJT Bus: 872, 875, 880
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station code432 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone16
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1848[2][3]
Rebuilt1915[4]
ElectrifiedJanuary 22, 1931[5]
Passengers
2017619 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mount Tabor
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line Morristown
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mount Tabor
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Morristown
toward Hoboken
Morris Plains Station
Morris Plains station is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Morris Plains station
Morris Plains station is located in New Jersey
Morris Plains station
Morris Plains station is located in the United States
Morris Plains station
Coordinates40°49′43″N 74°28′42″W / 40.82861°N 74.47833°W / 40.82861; -74.47833
Area1.5 acres (0.6 ha)
Built1915
ArchitectNies, Frank J.
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002780[8]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

Morris Plains Station is a NJ Transit station in Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morristown Line at Route 202 (Speedwell Ave/Littleton Rd) in downtown Morris Plains. It is a local station.

The former Lackawanna station was built in 1915 and has a brick station house. It was designed by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to resemble massive cathedrals, Morris Plains station was built as a simple one-story structure, which also contains a unique Spanish tile roof. An old train station just to the north now serves as The Morris Plains Model Railroad Club.[9] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, along with over 100 other stations within the state as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[10]

  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  2. ^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Platt 1922, p. 36.
  4. ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 99. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
  5. ^ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  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 – (#84002780)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ^ Primerano, Jane (February 6, 2012). "5 Things About the Model Train Club". Morris Patch.
  10. ^ Morris Plains New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey