Morristown station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Morristown
The station building in 2012
Location	122 Morris St. Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 880 Community Coach: 77
Construction
Parking	455 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	430 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	January 1, 1838
Rebuilt	November 3, 1913
Electrified	December 18, 1930
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	1,822 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Morris Plains toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Convent Station toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Morris Plains toward Buffalo Main Line Convent Station toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Morristown Railroad Station)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Morris County, New Jersey Show map of Morris County, New Jersey Location in New Jersey Show map of New Jersey Location in the United States Show map of the United States
NRHP reference No.	80002514
Added to NRHP	1980

Morristown is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line, located in Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It serves an average of 1,800 passengers on a typical weekday. Construction of the historic station began in 1912 and the facility opened November 3, 1913. A station agent and waiting room are available weekdays. The station's interior was featured in Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" video in 1984. Just west of the station, at Baker Interlocking the Morristown & Erie Railway branches off the NJT line. The M&E's offices and shop are here.

Morristown received ADA mini-high level platforms in 2005 to make the station handicapped accessible. The eastbound ramp is near Morris Street and the westbound ramp is just west of the old freight house. Morristown station has 455 parking spaces spread across three different lots near the station.

History

A predecessor station was the terminus of the Morris and Essex Railroad, using the same railbed, constructed in 1835.

Ultimately the line extended to the east to the Hudson River connecting to New York by Ferry.

The line was previously used by a series of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and Erie Lackawanna railway companies from the 1930s until the 1960s. The 1913-built Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station house was designed by Frank J. Nies and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.

Station layout

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