East Orange (NJT station)

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Coordinates: 40°45′39″N 74°12′37″W / 40.76083, -74.21028

East Orange

Station statistics

Lines

Gladstone Branch

Morristown Line

Connections

NJT Bus: 21, 71, 73, 79, and 94
Community Coach: 77

Platforms

1 side platform and 1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

19 November 1836

Accessible

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Fare zone

Traffic

Passengers (2005)

237,640 ▬ 0%

Services

Preceding station		New Jersey Transit		Following station
Brick Church toward Gladstone		Gladstone Branch		Newark Broad Street toward Hoboken or New York Penn
Brick Church toward Hackettstown		Morristown Line

East Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in East Orange, New Jersey on the Morris and Essex line. Originally serving the Erie-Lackawanna line, this station now receives trains from the Morristown Line and the Gladstone Branch, including service to Hoboken Terminal and Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is located next to the westbound lanes of Interstate 280, about five hundred yards west of the crossing of the Morris and Essex line over the Garden State Parkway. The East Orange City Hall is located directly north of this station.

[edit] ADA accessibility and viaduct improvements

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.^[1] At a cost of $22.9m, repair work at East Orange, along with nearby stations Brick Church and South Orange, commenced in 2004.^[2] Not only did East Orange receive a mini-high level platform as a result of the repairs, but the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded to have concrete ties and the stairways leading towards the platforms were replaced.^[3]