Dover station (NJ Transit)
Dover is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. Located at the end of electric service, Dover station serves as a secondary terminal of NJ Transit's Morristown and Montclair-Boonton Lines. Non-electric service continues west to Hackettstown on both lines. The next station to the west is Mount Arlington while the next station to the east is Denville. Dover station consists of a single island platform, accessible for the handicapped.
Dover | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dover station from the island platform in the center of the station. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 7 East Dickerson Street, Dover, New Jersey 07801 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 875, 880 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Hourly and reserved | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 38 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 1, 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 22, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 983 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Dover Railroad Station) | |||||||||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||||||||
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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The station depot at Dover, seen in December 2014 with no business renting the depot. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dover, New Jersey, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′01″N 74°33′20″W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.2 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Frank J. Nies | ||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 80002511 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 2109 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | February 1, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
The first train in Dover arrived on July 31, 1848, with the extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad from Rockaway, which opened just 27 days prior. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad constructed the current station depot on Dickerson Street in 1901, opening on November 1. The station depot joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.