Denville station

Denville
Denville station's Morristown Line platform.
General information
Location	Estling Road (off Route 53), Denville, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°53′2″N 74°28′52″W / 40.88389°N 74.48111°W / 40.88389; -74.48111
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	3 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 880
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	34 (Boonton Branch)[1] 436 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[2]
Fare zone	16[3][4]
History
Opened	July 4, 1848[5][6]
Electrified	January 22, 1931[7] (Morristown Line only)
Key dates
October 18, 1948	Rockaway Branch service discontinued[8]
September 21, 1991	Station depot burned[9]
Passengers
2017	477 (average weekday)[10][11]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Dover toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line limited service Mountain Lakes toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Morristown Line Mount Tabor toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Dover toward Buffalo Main Line Mount Tabor toward Hoboken Terminus Boonton Branch Mountain Lakes toward Hoboken Rockaway toward Dover Rockaway Branch Terminus
Location

Denville is an active commuter railroad train station in Denville Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Located on Estling Road, the station contains three side platforms–two curved low-level platforms that service New Jersey Transit's Morristown Line, and a third that services their Montclair-Boonton Line. Both platforms on the Morristown Line contain miniature high-level platforms for handicap accessibility. Trains on both lines operate between Hoboken Terminal, New York Penn Station and Hackettstown. Heading westbound, the next station is Dover while the next station east on the Morristown Line is Mount Tabor. The next station east on the Montclair-Boonton Line is Mountain Lakes.

Railroad service in Denville began with the opening of the extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad to Rockaway from Morristown on July 4, 1848, with the extension to Dover opening just 27 days later. At the time, the line went due north the current station, running via Rockaway Township to reach Dover. As a result, the original Denville station was on Route 53 in Denville rather than its current location.^[12] The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad opened its then-freight-only Boonton Branch on September 5, 1867.^[13]

In 1903, the railroad eliminated the crossing between the Morris and Essex Railroad and Boonton Branches, re-designing it into a wye. At this time, the railroad built a new wooden station depot in the wye. Service via Rockaway was reduced to a branch line the railroad would discontinue on October 18, 1948. Electrification of the station came on January 22, 1931 when service between Dover and Hoboken began via Morristown. The station depot caught fire on September 21, 1991.