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South Orange station
NJ Transit rail station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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![]() South Orange station at the southwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Sloan Street. | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 17 Sloan Street, South Orange, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes (mini-platform) | ||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||
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South Orange Station | |||||||||||||||
![]() 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 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
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