Denville station

Denville is an active commuter railroad train station in Denville Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Located on Estling Road, the station contains three side platforms–two curved low-level platforms that service New Jersey Transit's Morristown Line, and a third that services their Montclair-Boonton Line. Both platforms on the Morristown Line contain miniature high-level platforms for handicap accessibility. Trains on both lines operate between Hoboken Terminal, New York Penn Station and Hackettstown. Heading westbound, the next station is Dover while the next station east on the Morristown Line is Mount Tabor. The next station east on the Montclair-Boonton Line is Mountain Lakes.

Denville
Denville station's Morristown Line platform.
General information
LocationEstling Road (off Route 53), Denville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°53′2″N 74°28′52″W
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms3 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections NJ Transit Bus: 880
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code34 (Boonton Branch)
436 (Morris and Essex Railroad)
Fare zone16
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1848
ElectrifiedJanuary 22, 1931 (Morristown Line only)
Key dates
October 18, 1948Rockaway Branch service discontinued
September 21, 1991Station depot burned
Passengers
2017477 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Dover Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
Mountain Lakes
toward New York or Hoboken
Morristown Line Mount Tabor
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Dover
toward Buffalo
Main Line Mount Tabor
toward Hoboken
Terminus Boonton Branch Mountain Lakes
toward Hoboken
Rockaway
toward Dover
Rockaway Branch Terminus
Location

Railroad service in Denville began with the opening of the extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad to Rockaway from Morristown on July 4, 1848, with the extension to Dover opening just 27 days later. At the time, the line went due north the current station, running via Rockaway Township to reach Dover. As a result, the original Denville station was on Route 53 in Denville rather than its current location. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad opened its then-freight-only Boonton Branch on September 5, 1867.

In 1903, the railroad eliminated the crossing between the Morris and Essex Railroad and Boonton Branches, re-designing it into a wye. At this time, the railroad built a new wooden station depot in the wye. Service via Rockaway was reduced to a branch line the railroad would discontinue on October 18, 1948. Electrification of the station came on January 22, 1931 when service between Dover and Hoboken began via Morristown. The station depot caught fire on September 21, 1991.

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