South Orange station

South Orange
South Orange station at the southwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Sloan Street.
General information
Location	17 Sloan Street, South Orange, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 31, 92, and 107
Construction
Accessible	Yes (mini-platform)
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	September 17, 1837 (preliminary trip)[1] September 28, 1837 (regular service)[2][3]
Rebuilt	February 1, 1916[4]
Electrified	September 22, 1930[5]
Passengers
2017	4,131 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Maplewood toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch weekdays Mountain Station toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Maplewood toward Hackettstown Morristown Line
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Maplewood toward Buffalo Main Line Mountain Station toward Hoboken
South Orange Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station house as seen from Sloan Street
Location	17 Sloan Street, South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′45″N 74°15′39″W / 40.74583°N 74.26083°W / 40.74583; -74.26083
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Frank J. Nies
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002669[8]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Location

South Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, New Jersey along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna) rail line. It is located in the business district of South Orange, near its town hall. It is one of two train stations in the township of South Orange, Mountain Station being the other near the township border. South Orange station was built by the Lackawanna Railroad in 1916.