Morris Plains 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 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
40°49′43″N 74°28′42″W / 40.82861°N 74.47833°W / 40.82861; -74.47833
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

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.

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] Now trains passing through Morris Plains go to NY Penn Station, Hackettstown Station, Dover Station and Hoboken Terminal. The train station is served by the M&E (Morris and Essex Line) Trains

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

External links

• Littleton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View