Andover station (NJ Transit)

This article is about the proposed station. For the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station, see Andover station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad).

Andover
Looking west to the Pequest Fill, the planned Andover station would serve the restored Lackawanna Cut-Off line.
General information
LocationRoseville Road, Andover Township, New Jersey
Coordinates40°58′53″N 74°43′49″W / 40.98139°N 74.73028°W / 40.98139; -74.73028
Owned byState of New Jersey[1]
Line(s)Lackawanna Cut-Off[2]
Platforms1 side platform (planned)
Tracks0 (1 planned)
Construction
Parking65 spaces (initial opening), 125 spaces (planned)[2]
Other information
Fare zone19
History
Opening2026 (planned)[3]
Future services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Blairstown
toward Scranton
 Lackawanna Cut-Off
Proposed
 Lake Hopatcong
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Andover is a planned New Jersey Transit passenger railroad station in Andover Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, providing service on its Lackawanna Cut-Off line.[4] The line remains under construction.[5] The station will be built at a site on Andover's Roseville Road, about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from U.S. Route 206 and about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from County Route 517. On the rail line, it will be located about 7.3 miles (11.7 km) west of Port Morris Junction.[3]

Anticipated construction at the site includes a station and platform between the track and Roseville Road with 65 parking spaces initially, with room to expand to 125 spaces. Preparation to restore trackage between Port Morris and Andover was originally to begin in 2010 but was delayed until early 2011 due to a dispute over the exact location of the Andover Station area. Another delay was caused while environmental permits were sought.[6][5] In August 2017, an agreement with a local landowner appeared to have cleared the way for the necessary environmental permits. At the time, service was projected to start in 2020,[7] though in March 2020 it was pushed back to 2025,[8][3] and it has since been delayed to Fall 2026.[9]

The Andover station will be the terminus of the line, but plans exist for restoring the Lackawanna Cut-Off line west of Andover as far as Scranton.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NJTLackawannaExpansionProject was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "New Jersey – Pennsylvania Lackawanna Cut-Off Passenger Rail Service Restoration Project Environmental Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, and New Jersey Transit in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Krawczeniuk, Borys (June 29, 2020). "No new money for NYC passenger train in New Jersey plan". The Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania.
  4. ^ Moszczynski, Joe (March 20, 2011). "NJ Transit works to restore rail service along 81-mile Lackawanna Cutoff". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Scruton, Bruce A. (December 7, 2015). "Andover train station delayed again". New Jersey Herald. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015.
  6. ^ Higgs, Larry (September 3, 2015). "When will rail service extend into Sussex County? Ask @CommutingLarry". NJ.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Scruton, Bruce A. (August 10, 2017). "New culvert OK'd to put Andover rail station on track". The New Jersey Herald. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  8. ^ Krawczeniuk, Borys (March 2, 2020). "New study drops cost of passenger train comeback". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  9. ^ Scruton, Bruce A. "NJ Transit's Sussex County expansion is on track with upgrade to century-old tunnel". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved August 14, 2024.