Summit station (NJ Transit)

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Summit
A Wall Street-bound train at the station
General information
Location	40 Union Place, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates	40°42′59.6″N 74°21′27.9″W / 40.716556°N 74.357750°W / 40.716556; -74.357750
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 (1 island platform, 1 side platform)
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 70, 986 Lakeland: 78
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9[1]
History
Opened	September 17, 1837 (preliminary trip)[2] September 28, 1837 (regular service)[3][4]
Rebuilt	1905
Electrified	December 18, 1930[5]
Passengers
2017	3,880 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station New Providence toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Short Hills weekdays toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Chatham toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Short Hills toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Chatham toward Buffalo Main Line Short Hills toward Hoboken New Providence toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Roseville Avenue toward Hoboken
Location

Summit is a train station in Summit, New Jersey, served by New Jersey Transit's Morris & Essex Lines (the Gladstone Branch and Morristown Line). The station sits between Union Place on the north and Broad Street on the south, with station access via either side, and between Summit Avenue on the east and Maple Avenue on the west. Constructed in 1904–1905 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in a mile-long open cut, it is one of the few NJ Transit stations with platforms below street level.