Boonton Branch

Map

Boonton Branch
Dover
East Dover Jct.
fmr M&E main line/Rockaway Loop (freight only)
Denville - junction created in 1903
NJT Morristown Line - fmr M&E main line/Rockaway Loop
Fox Hill (closed)
Mountain Lakes
Boonton
Montville (closed)
Towaco
Lincoln Park
Mountain View (closed)
Water Spur (abandoned)
Totowa–Little Falls (closed)
West Paterson (closed)
Paterson (closed)
NJT Main Line / Fmr Newark Branch
Clifton
Passaic
Delawanna
Lyndhurst
Kingsland
Kingsland Tunnel
Secaucus Yard
Erie Newark Branch/NY&GL
Erie Railroad
Hoboken Yard
Hoboken

The Boonton Branch refers to the railroad line in New Jersey that was completed in 1870 and ran 34 miles (54.8 km) from Hoboken to East Dover Junction as part of the Morris & Essex Railroad (M&E). Although the branch hosted commuter trains (and to a lesser extent, passenger trains), the line was primarily built as a freight bypass line. The term "branch", therefore, is somewhat of a misnomer since the Boonton Branch was built to higher mainline standards than the Morristown Line, the line that it bypassed. As a result, the Boonton Branch better meets the definition of a "cut-off" rather than a branch. Some of the towns that the Boonton Branch passed through included Lyndhurst, Passaic, Clifton, Paterson, Wayne, Lincoln Park, Mountain Lakes, and its namesake, Boonton.