Mount Arlington
Mount Arlington station in March 2017.
General information
LocationHoward Boulevard (CR 615) at Interstate 80, Mount Arlington, New Jersey
Coordinates40°53′48″N 74°37′58″W / 40.8967°N 74.6328°W / 40.8967; -74.6328
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCommuter Bus Lakeland: 80
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone19
History
OpenedJanuary 16, 1854 (first time)
January 21, 2008 (second time)[1]
ClosedNovember 8, 1942[2][3]
Previous namesDrakesville (January 16, 1854–July 1, 1891)[4]
Passengers
2017110 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Lake Hopatcong
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Dover
toward New York or Hoboken
Morristown Line
limited service
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Lake Hopatcong
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Dover
toward Hoboken
Wharton
toward Hoboken
Mt Arlington station

Mount Arlington (also known as the Howard Boulevard Park and Ride) is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. Located in the borough of Mount Arlington, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, the station is located next to interchange 30 on Interstate 80. The station serves as a park-and-ride for commuters to catch trains for Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station. Trains use the Montclair-Boonton Line and Morristown Line to serve locales between Hackettstown and the eastern terminals. Lakeland Bus Lines also services Mount Arlington station. The station is handicapped accessible as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The station features two side platforms and two tracks with elevators.

Railroad history in Mount Arlington began on January 16, 1854, with an extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad from Dover to Hackettstown. The station was established 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the current station under the name of Drakesville. The station was renamed on July 1, 1891 from Drakesville to Mount Arlington.[4] A new station was opened later that year.[7] Passenger service ended at Mount Arlington on November 8, 1942 and service was merged with nearby Lake Hopatcong station in Landing.

The current station at Mount Arlington began construction on June 12, 2006 with a groundbreaking ceremony headlined by Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R–NJ). This new station would join a park and ride already built for buses at Howard Boulevard (Morris County Route 615).[8] Despite a slated 2007 opening,[8] the station opened to the public on January 21, 2008.[1]

History

Mount Arlington was the site of a former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station, that replaced the old Drakesville station in modern-day Ledgewood that opened on January 16, 1854.[9][10] That station burned on February 19, 1867.[11] The railroad closed Drakesville station in 1891 when they built the new station at Mount Arlington, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east.[12] The Mount Arlington station itself closed on November 8, 1942.[2][3]

Station layout

Mount Arlington has two high-level side platforms.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b Saha, Paula (January 21, 2008). "NJ Transit Station in Mount Arlington Offers Choice to Commuters". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. August 1, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. November 8, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Over the State". The Camden Daily Courier. June 20, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Railroad Briefs". The Paterson Sunday News. December 6, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ a b Jennings, Rob (June 13, 2006). "Construction Starts on New Train Station in Mount Arlington". The Daily Record. Morristown, New Jersey. pp. A9, A12. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ 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 April 7, 2020.
  10. ^ New Jersey Comptroller of the Treasury 1856, p. 31.
  11. ^ "Railroad Depot Burned". The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. February 20, 1867. p. 3. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ Taber & Taber 1981, p. 736

External links

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


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