Morris Plains station

Morris Plains
Morris Plains
	Station at Morris Plains
Location	Speedwell Avenue,; Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
Line(s)	NJT Bus: 872, 875, 880
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	432 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
Fare zone	16
History
Opened	July 4, 1848
Rebuilt	1915
Electrified	January 22, 1931
Passengers
2017	619 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
	Morris Plains Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	40°49′43″N 74°28′42″W / 40.82861°N 74.47833°WCoordinates: 40°49′43″N 74°28′42″W / 40.82861°N 74.47833°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.6 ha)
Built	1915
Architect	Nies, Frank J.
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002780
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Location

Morris Plains is a NJ Transit station in Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morristown Line at Route 202.

The former Lackawanna station was built in 1915 and has a brick station house. It was designed by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to resemble massive cathedrals, Morris Plains station was built as a simple one-story structure, which also contains a unique Spanish tile roof. An old freight station just to the north now serves for a local model railroad club.^[9] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, along with over 100 other stations within the state.

Station layout[]

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Ground/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mount Tabor)
	Track 2	← Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Morristown) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Ticket machine and parking

Bibliography[]

Platt, Charles Davis (1922). Dover Dates, 1722-1922: A Bicentennial History of Dover, New Jersey , Published in Connection with Dover's Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration Under the Direction of the Dover Fire Department, August 9, 10, 11, 1922. Dover, New Jersey: Charles Davis Platt. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

References[]

^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
^ Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
^ Platt 1922, p. 36.
^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 99. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
^ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 5 Things About the Model Train Club (MorrisPatch.com)

External links[]

Littleton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View

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[dlwnumbers2-1] List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.

[2] Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEPlatt192236-3] Platt 1922, p. 36.

[taber-4] Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 99. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.

[5] "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.

[7] "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

[nris-8] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[9] 5 Things About the Model Train Club (MorrisPatch.com)

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Morris Plains station

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Station layout[]

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Bibliography[]

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