Denville station

Denville is a large NJ Transit station in Denville. Located on Estling Road, the three-platform station serves both the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, with service to Hoboken or to New York City via Midtown Direct. The Morristown Line station is two low-level platforms located on a curve, with shelters and a mini-high platform while the Montclair-Boonton Line station is a single platform next to the closed Denville Tower. Denville Tower was constructed as an interlocking tower for the junction between the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch and Main Line. The station is the end of a short electrification stretch on the Montclair-Boonton Line and the second-to-last station seeing electrified service on the Morristown Line. After the fork, Morristown Line trains serve Mount Tabor station and Montclair-Boonton Line trains serve the Mountain Lakes station.

Denville
Denville station's Morristown Line platform.
LocationEstling Road (off Route 53), Denville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°53′2″N 74°28′52″W
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms3 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections NJT Bus: 880
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code34 (Boonton Branch)[1]
436 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[2]
Fare zone16[3][4]
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1848[5][6]
ElectrifiedJanuary 22, 1931[7] (Morristown Line only)
Key dates
September 21, 1991Station depot burned[8]
Passengers
2017477 (average weekday)[9][10]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Dover
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line Mountain Lakes
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Morristown Line Mount Tabor
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Dover
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Mount Tabor
toward Hoboken
Terminus Boonton Branch Mountain Lakes
toward Hoboken
Rockaway
toward Dover
 Rockaway Branch Terminus
Location

History
Denville station's Montclair-Boonton Line platform

Prior to the electrification of the Morristown line in the 1930s, Morristown line trains crossed the Boonton line at a right angle, just east of Denville tower, and continued northwesterly toward Rockaway. From Rockaway, the trains headed southwesterly into Dover. As part of the electrification project, the Morristown line was curved westward and joined the Boonton line in its present location. The track segment between Denville and Rockaway saw limited service after the 1930s, with service on the Rockaway Branch ending in 1948. Interstate 80 now occupies a short portion of the right-of-way.[11] The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office considered adding the station to their historic building list, however this never went through and the station was demolished in 1992 after a fire on September 21, 1991.[8] Denville Tower was given consideration, twice, once in 1978 and again in 1999, but has yet to join the State Register of Historic Places or National Register of Historic Places.[12]

Station layout

The Montclair–Boonton Line has one track and one low-level side platform serving inbound trains during the morning rush and outbound trains in the evening rush. The Morristown Line has two tracks, each with a mini-high and low-level side platform. The three tracks merge into two just west of the station.

Ground/
Platform level		 Lot 2 Access to ticket machines and parking
Outbound/Inbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Dover)
←      Montclair-Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken (Mountain Lakes) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

Lot 1
 
Access to ticket machines and parking
 
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Dover)
Inbound ←      Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Mount Tabor or Morris Plains) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

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 February 25, 2020.

References
  1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  3. "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  4. "Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables" (PDF) (May 23, 2010 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. pp. 1–4. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. Platt 1922, p. 36.
  7. "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Salamon, Maureen (September 24, 1991). "Homeless Suspected in Station Fire". The Daily Record. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  10. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  11. Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Volume 1: Hoboken - Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
  12. New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office (April 1, 2010). "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2010.


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