Mountain Station

Not to be confused with Mountain Avenue station.
Mountain Station
Mountain Station facing eastbound from the New York City-bound platform in December 2014
General information
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 92
(one block east on Scotland Road)
Other information
Fare zone5[1]
History
Rebuilt1870s, 1914–1915[2]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930[3]
Previous namesMontrose[4]
Passengers
2017333 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
South Orange
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch
weekdays
 Highland Avenue
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
South Orange
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
South Orange
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Highland Avenue
toward Hoboken
Mountain Station
The eastbound station depot at Mountain station, seen in December 2014 from Vose Avenue.
Location449 Vose Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′17″N 74°15′13″W / 40.75472°N 74.25361°W / 40.75472; -74.25361
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1915
ArchitectNies, Frank J.
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002656[7][8]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1984
Location
Map

Mountain Station is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna Morristown Line).[9] The station, built in 1915, was designed by Frank J. Nies. It has been listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8][10][11]

  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. ^ Taber & Taber 1980, p. 86
  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. ^ Taber & Taber 1981, p. 753
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  8. ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  9. ^ "New Jersey Transit". www.njtransit.com.
  10. ^ Mountain Station New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  11. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - NEW JERSEY (NJ), Essex County". www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.