Morris Plains station

Morris Plains Station is a NJ Transit station in Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morristown Line at Route 202 (Speedwell Ave/Littleton Rd) in downtown Morris Plains. It is a local station.

Morris Plains
Station at Morris Plains
General information
Location	673 Speedwell Avenue (US 202), 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)[1]
Fare zone	16
History
Opened	July 4, 1848[2][3]
Rebuilt	1915[4]
Electrified	January 22, 1931[5]
Passengers
2017	619 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Mount Tabor toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Morristown toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Mount Tabor toward Buffalo Main Line Morristown toward Hoboken
Morris Plains Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	40°49′43″N 74°28′42″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[8]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Location

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 train station just to the north now serves as The Morris Plains 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 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[10]

Station layout

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey

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

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.
3. Platt 1922, p. 36.
4. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 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 April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
8. "National Register Information System – (#84002780)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
9. Primerano, Jane (February 6, 2012). "5 Things About the Model Train Club". Morris Patch.
10. Morris Plains New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

External links

• Littleton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View