East Orange station

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East Orange
East Orange Station - April 2015.jpg
The East Orange station in April 2015, facing toward Brick Church.
General information
Location65 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NJT Bus : 21, 71, 73, 79, and 94
Aiga bus trans.svg Community Coach : 77
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedNovember 19, 1836 [1]
RebuiltApril 21, 1921December 18, 1922 [2]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930 [3]
Previous namesOrange Junction [4]
Passengers
2017455 (average weekday) [5] [6]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Brick Church
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
weekdays
Newark Broad Street
toward New York or Hoboken
Brick Church
toward Hackettstown
Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Brick Church
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
until April 7, 1991
Grove Street
toward New York or Hoboken
Brick Church
toward Hackettstown
Morristown Line
until April 7, 1991
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Brick Church
toward Buffalo
Main Line Grove Street
toward Hoboken
East Orange Station
East Orange Station house jeh.jpg
East Orange station depot
Coordinates 40°45′40.8″N74°12′39.5″W / 40.761333°N 74.210972°W / 40.761333; -74.210972
Built1921
ArchitectF.W. Nies
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No. 84002638 [7]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
East Orange station

East Orange is an active commuter railroad train station in the city of East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. Located next to East Orange City Hall, the station serves trains on the two lines that make up New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. Trains heading east to New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal stop at Newark Broad Street Station next, while trains heading west towards Gladstone and Hackettstown stop at Brick Church station. East Orange station contains two platforms (one side platform and one island platform) to service three active tracks. The station is accessible for handicapped persons per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Contents

Service in East Orange began on November 19, 1836 when the Morris and Essex Railroad opened to Orange. Originally the station was known as Orange Junction as the name East Orange was assigned to the now-closed Grove Street station to the east. [4] The current station at the location opened on December 18, 1922 when the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad completed an elevation project of the tracks through the city. The headhouse at East Orange station were added to the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. [8] [9]

History

Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at East Orange station to improve accessibility for the handicapped and to repair eighty-year-old viaducts at the station. [10] At a cost of $22.9 million, repair work at East Orange, along with nearby station Brick Church commenced in 2004. [11] East Orange received a mini-high level platform, the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded with concrete ties and the stairways leading to the platforms were replaced. [12]

Station layout

The station has two low-level platforms serving all three tracks.

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  12. NJ Transit breaks ground on three-station rehab project Progressive Railroading Retrieved August 7, 2007

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