Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. One of two in the city, along with the eponymous Orange station, Highland Avenue is serviced by trains of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. Trains through the station run between New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal to the east and Hackettstown and Gladstone. The station contains two low-level side platforms for the three tracks that run through the station.

Highland Avenue
General information
LocationScotland Road & Highland Avenue
Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Connections NJT Bus: 92
ONE Bus: 44
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Rebuilt1905, 1916–1918
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930
Previous namesOrange Valley (1858–1890)
Passengers
2017233 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Station
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch
weekdays
 Orange
toward New York or Hoboken
Mountain Station
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Station
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Orange
toward Hoboken

The station opened as Orange Valley as a stop on the Morris and Essex Railroad, using that name until 1890.

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