Orange station (NJ Transit)

Orange
Dover-bound train approaches, in April 2015
General information
Location52 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 21, 24, 41, 44, 71, 73, 79, and 92
Intercity Bus Community Coach: 77
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zone4[1]
History
OpenedNovember 19, 1836[2]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930[3]
Passengers
20171,401 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Highland Avenue
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch
weekdays
 Brick Church
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Highland Avenue
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Highland Avenue
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Brick Church
toward Hoboken
Orange Station
The station depot at Orange.
Location73 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates40°46′18″N 74°14′2″W / 40.77167°N 74.23389°W / 40.77167; -74.23389
Area4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built1918
ArchitectNies, F. J.
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002665[6]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

Orange is an active commuter railroad train station in the city of Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. One of two stops in the city (along with Highland Avenue), it is served by New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line to Hackettstown and the Gladstone Branch to Gladstone for trains from New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal. Orange station contains two low-level side platforms and three tracks.

Orange station opened on November 19, 1836, with the opening of the Morris and Essex Railroad from Newark to Orange. The station served as the western terminus of the line until September 28, 1837, when the railroad started operations west to Madison station.[7] The current station depots and overhangs were built in 1918 with the elevation of tracks through the city by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The station depot at Orange station were added to the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

  1. ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
  3. ^ "Edison Pilots First Electric Train Over Orange-Hoboken Route". The Passaic Daily News. September 22, 1930. p. 5. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  7. ^ Walker 1902, p. 409.