Andover station (NJ Transit)
Andover is a planned New Jersey Transit passenger railroad station in Andover Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, providing service on its Lackawanna Cut-Off line. The line remains under construction. The station will be built at a site on Andover's Roseville Road, about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from U.S. Route 206 and about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from County Route 517. On the rail line, it will be located about 7.3 miles (11.7 km) west of Port Morris Junction.
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Looking west to the Pequest Fill, the planned Andover station would serve the restored Lackawanna Cut-Off line. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Roseville Road, Andover Township, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°58′53″N 74°43′49″W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | State of New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lackawanna Cut-Off | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform (planned) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 0 (1 planned) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 65 spaces (initial opening), 125 spaces (planned) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opening | 2026 (planned) | |||||||||||||||||
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Anticipated construction at the site includes a station and platform between the track and Roseville Road with 65 parking spaces initially, with room to expand to 125 spaces. Preparation to restore trackage between Port Morris and Andover was originally to begin in 2010 but was delayed until early 2011 due to a dispute over the exact location of the Andover Station area. Another delay was caused while environmental permits were sought. In August 2017, an agreement with a local landowner appeared to have cleared the way for the necessary environmental permits. At the time, service was projected to start in 2020, though in March 2020 it was pushed back to 2025, and it has since been delayed to 2026.
The Andover station will be the terminus of the line, but plans exist for extending the Lackawanna Cut-Off line west of Andover as far as Scranton.