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Convent Station | |||||||||||||
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![]() Convent Station stationhouse | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Convent Road at Old Turnpike Road Morris Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°46′44″N 74°26′36″W / 40.77889°N 74.44333°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | 580 spaces, 9 accessible spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | 428 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 12 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1867[2] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1913–1914[3] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | December 18, 1930[4] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 1,035 (average weekday)[5][6] | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
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Convent Station is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line. It is located on the grounds of Saint Elizabeth University in Convent Station, New Jersey.[7]
The station first opened in 1867.[2] A small wooden structure was built in 1876 and called Convent Station.[8] The existing station house, built in 1913–1914, has two side platforms, with the station house on the eastbound platform. A ticket office and waiting room is open weekdays. On the westbound track a brick waiting house stands. A former freight station is on the eastbound side. The main driveway into the college is located at a level crossing at the east end of the platform.
Nearby are several office complexes, including the headquarters of Honeywell to the north and Pfizer at Giralda Farms to the east. The Traction Line Recreation Trail, formerly a line of the Morris County Traction Company, runs along the northeastern side of the line.
A small wooden structure was built and named Convent Station in 1876. The sisters built a road to it, now Convent Road, and paid the salary of a station attendant.