Hackettstown station

Hackettstown station is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. It is the western terminal of the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, with limited service on both routes. The station has one low-level side platform with a mini-high platform for accessibility.

Hackettstown
Hackettstown station in March 2017
General information
Coordinates	40°51′07″N 74°50′05″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Morristown Line Washington Secondary
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Hourly and reserved
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	19
History
Opened	January 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[1] October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit)[2]
Closed	September 30, 1966[3]
Rebuilt	1868
Passengers
2017	85 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus Montclair-Boonton Line limited service Mount Olive toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Morristown Line limited service
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Port Murray toward Portland or Phillipsburg Old Main Line Mount Olive toward Lake Hopatcong
Location

History

Originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) served Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station (from DL&W railroad documents) built in 1868. Hackettstown station was razed in the late 1960s^[6] after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966.^[7]

Service west of Netcong station began on October 31, 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Conrail's Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station^[8] near Waterloo Village and the International Trade Center in the namesake township.

In 2023, NJ Transit purchased the Washington Secondary track from Netcong station to Hackettstown. Norfolk Southern retained an exclusive freight easement.^[9][10]

References

1. Davis, J.M. "Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society" (PDF). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. p. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
2. Ciliberti, Dino F. (October 30, 1994). "Train Service Starts Tomorrow to Mount Olive, Hackettstown". The Daily Record. Morristown, New Jersey. p. E7. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Erie Curtailment Approved by Judiciary". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. October 1, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
5. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
6. Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 2: Dover to Scranton. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
7. Yanosey, Robert J. (2006). Erie Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: New Jersey. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-58248-183-0.
8. Sanderson, Bill (November 6, 1994). "People Back Home Know Best". The Record (Bergen County). Bergen County, New Jersey: The Record of Bergen County.
9. "DO FR-4915-01-P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD" (PDF). Retrieved June 15, 2023.
10. "Real Property Owned By NJ Transit". NJ Transit. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

External links

Media related to Hackettstown (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons