Lake Hopatcong (NJT station)

Lake Hopatcong

The view of the Lake Hopatcong station in January 2010 facing towards Netcong and Bridge 44.53 which traverses the station with Landing Road.
Station statistics
Address Landing Road (County Route 631)
Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey
Lines
  Morristown Line
  Montclair-Boonton Line
Connections Lakeland: 80
Platforms 2 low-level side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 96 spaces
Other information
Rebuilt 1911[1]
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 19
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 118 (average weekday)  10.17%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
Montclair-Boonton Line
Morristown Line
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Greendell
toward Buffalo
 Main Line
Wharton
toward Hoboken
toward Portland or Phillipsburg
 Old Main Line Terminus

Lake Hopatcong Station is a New Jersey Transit station in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey. It is named for the nearby Lake Hopatcong. The station is located at the intersection of Landing Road and Lakeside Boulevard (County Routes 631 and 602). Trains that service Lake Hopatcong station serve passengers for the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line serve this station, with service to Hoboken Terminal. Connections are available to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct. The station consists of 2 low-level side asphalt platforms serving both directions, with a shelter only on the Hackettstown-bound platform. There are also 96 free-use parking spaces available for use at Lake Hopatcong station, one of which is handicap accessible.

The station was constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and opened in 1911, replacing a smaller structure in the same general area to west. Lake Hopatcong station provided transfers to trains using the Cut-Off between Port Morris, New Jersey and Slateford, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1911,[1] along with trains to Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Portland, Pennsylvania via the Old Main line. The structure included a station depot atop the nearby hill, long stairs down to the Hoboken-bound platform, and a crossover bridge with elevators along the top of the building. The original structure was eventually declared unsafe, and was brought down with dynamite in the 1970s.[2] New Jersey Transit has proposed and will begin construction on a 7.3-mile (11.7 km) long stretch of the Lackawanna Cut-Off, running to a small terminal in Andover, New Jersey.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lackawanna's Big Cutoff Completed; New Double-Track Line Cost Millions, Moved Mountains, and Filled Valleys.". The New York Times. New York, New York: Time Warner. December 16, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40A15F8355517738DDDAF0994DA415B818DF1D3. Retrieved September 9, 2010. 
  2. ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Volume 2: Dover to Scranton. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc.. 
  3. ^ "2007-2008 Annual Report". New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers. 2008. http://www.nj-arp.org/annrpt_08.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2010. 

External links

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