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Train station in Hackettstown, New Jersey, US

Hackettstown

Hackettstown station in March 2017

General information

Coordinates

40°51′07″N 74°50′05″W / 40.85194°N 74.83472°W / 40.85194; -74.83472

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Line(s)

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Parking

Hourly and reserved

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

January 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad)
October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit)

Closed

September 30, 1966

Rebuilt

1868

Passengers

2017

85 (average weekday)

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Terminus		Montclair-Boonton Linelimited service		Mount Olivetoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Terminus		Morristown Linelimited service		Mount Olivetoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad			Following station
Port Murraytoward Portland or Phillipsburg		Old Main Line		Mount Olivetoward Lake Hopatcong

Location

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.

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 after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966.

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 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.

References

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.
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.
"Erie Curtailment Approved by Judiciary". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. October 1, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
"How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 2: Dover to Scranton. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.
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.
Sanderson, Bill (November 6, 1994). "People Back Home Know Best". The Record (Bergen County). Bergen County, New Jersey: The Record of Bergen County.
"DO FR-4915-01-P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD" (PDF). Retrieved June 15, 2023.
"Real Property Owned By NJ Transit". NJ Transit. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

External links

Media related to Hackettstown (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

NJ Transit Rail stations

Atlantic City Line

Bergen County Line

Gladstone Branch

Midtown Direct	New York Penn Secaucus Junction
Hoboken	Hoboken Harrison
Newark Broad Street Roseville Avenue Grove Street East Orange Brick Church Orange Highland Avenue Mountain Station South Orange Maplewood Millburn Short Hills Summit New Providence Murray Hill Berkeley Heights Gillette Stirling Millington Lyons Basking Ridge Bernardsville Far Hills Peapack Gladstone

Main Line

Meadowlands Line

Montclair-Boonton
Line

Midtown Direct	New York Penn Secaucus Junction
Hoboken	Hoboken Harrison
Boonton Line	Hoboken Arlington North Newark Rowe Street Benson Street Walnut Street
Newark Broad Street Roseville Avenue Ampere Watsessing Avenue Bloomfield Glen Ridge Bay Street Walnut Street Watchung Avenue Upper Montclair Mountain Avenue Montclair Heights Montclair State University Great Notch Little Falls Wayne Route 23 Mountain View Lincoln Park Towaco Boonton Mountain Lakes Denville Dover Mount Arlington Lake Hopatcong Netcong Mount Olive Hackettstown

Morristown Line

Midtown Direct	New York Penn Secaucus Junction
Hoboken	Hoboken Harrison
Newark Broad Street Roseville Avenue Grove Street East Orange Brick Church Orange Highland Avenue Mountain Station South Orange Maplewood Millburn Short Hills Summit Chatham Madison Convent Station Morristown Morris Plains Mount Tabor Denville Dover Mount Arlington Lake Hopatcong Netcong Mount Olive Hackettstown

North Jersey
Coast Line

Midtown Direct	New York Penn Secaucus Junction
Hoboken	Hoboken
Newark Penn Newark Airport North Elizabeth Elizabeth Linden North Rahway Rahway Avenel Woodbridge Perth Amboy South Amboy Aberdeen–Matawan Hazlet Middletown Red Bank Little Silver Monmouth Park Long Branch Elberon Allenhurst Asbury Park Bradley Beach Belmar Spring Lake Manasquan Point Pleasant Beach Bay Head

Northeast
Corridor Line

Princeton Branch	Princeton Junction Princeton

Pascack Valley Line

Raritan Valley Line

Midtown Direct	New York Penn Secaucus Junction
Hoboken	Hoboken
Newark Penn Union Roselle Park Cranford Garwood Westfield Fanwood Netherwood Plainfield Grant Avenue Dunellen Bound Brook Bridgewater Finderne Somerville Raritan North Branch White House Lebanon Annandale High Bridge

West Trenton Line

Category
Commons
Italics denote closed stations, stations under construction, and unused line segments.
Stations north of Montvale are operated by Metro-North Railroad