Mount Tabor station

Mount Tabor is a New Jersey Transit station in Denville, New Jersey along the Morristown Line just west of the small community of Mount Tabor in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. The station consists of one small side platform and 48 parking spaces for commuters. One of these parking spaces is handicapped-accessible.

Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor station in September 2014 facing Morris Plains-bound. Station Road is visible to the right side.
General information
Location	Station Road near Route 53 Mount Tabor, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′33″N 74°28′55″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 880
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Station code	436 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	16
History
Opened	1881
Rebuilt	May 1, 1902[2]
Electrified	January 22, 1931[3]
Key dates
June 15, 1971	Station depot razed[4]
Passengers
2017	30 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Denville toward Hackettstown Morristown Line limited service Morris Plains toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Denville toward Buffalo Main Line Morris Plains toward Hoboken
Location

History

The first station at Mount Tabor was originally built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on August 19, 1881 under the supervision of a man from Newark named John Scannell.^[7] The station depot was razed on June 15, 1971 after falling into a state of disrepair.^[4]

Station layout

The original Mount Tabor DL&W station in 1881.

The station has two tracks with a low-level side platform on Track 1. Access from the platform to Track 2 is provided via a walkway over the tracks, though not all trains stop at this station.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
2. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 753. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
3. "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "No Shelter for Tabor Commuters". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. June 17, 1971. p. 5. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
6. Keifer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
7. Mount Tabor Historical Society (2007). Images of America: Mount Tabor. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7385-5010-7.

External links

Media related to Mount Tabor (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons