Orange station (NJ Transit)

Orange
Orange
	Dover-bound train approaches, in April 2015
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 21, 41, 71, 73, 79, and 92; Community Coach: 77; ONE Bus: 24, 44
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	November 19, 1836
Electrified	September 22, 1930
Passengers
2017	1,401 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
	Orange Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The station depot at Orange.
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Location	73 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°46′18″N 74°14′2″W / 40.77167°N 74.23389°WCoordinates: 40°46′18″N 74°14′2″W / 40.77167°N 74.23389°W
Area	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1918
Architect	Nies, F. J.
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002665
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Eastbound service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and there is also service to Hoboken Terminal.

History[]

The brick station and nearby freight terminal were built in 1918. The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[7]^[8]

Station layout[]

Both platforms have walkways over their respective track allowing passengers to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station.

Ground/ platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Highland Avenue) ← Gladstone Branch weekdays toward Gladstone (Highland Avenue)
	Track 1	← Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
	Track 2	← Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Brick Church) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

Bibliography[]

Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

References[]

^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
^ "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.
^ "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. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ Orange New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

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[timetables-1] "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[FOOTNOTEDouglass1912339-2] Douglass 1912, p. 339.

[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.

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

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

[nris-6] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[7] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[8] Orange New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

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Orange station (NJ Transit)

Contents

History[]

Station layout[]

See also[]

Bibliography[]

References[]

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