Lake Hopatcong station
Lake Hopatcong is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. The station, located in the community of Landing in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serves trains for the Montclair-Boonton Line and Morristown Line at peak hours and on holiday weekends. Service from Lake Hopatcong provides to/from Hackettstown to New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal. The stop is located on the tracks below Landing Road (Morris County Route 631) next to the eponymous Lake Hopatcong. The station consists of one active and one abandoned side platform, along with a shelter on the active platform. There is no accessibility for handicapped persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Lake Hopatcong | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lake Hopatcong station in December 2014, looking west toward Bridge 44.53. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Landing Road Landing, New Jersey 07849 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′15″N 74°39′56″W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Lakeland: 80 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 96 spaces | |||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 46 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) | |||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1882 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Hopatcong | |||||||||||||||||
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| May 1982 | Station overpass razed | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 45 (average weekday) | |||||||||||||||||
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Lake Hopatcong Train Station | ||||||||||||||||||
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Lake Hopatcong station in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 125 Ledgewood-Landing Road Roxbury, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′14″N 74°39′58″W | |||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||
| Architect | William Hull Botsford, Frank J. Nies, and V. D. Steinbach | |||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals, Tudor Revival | |||||||||||||||||
| Part of | Morris Canal Historic District (ID16000177) | |||||||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 2251; 5503 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Added to NRHP | April 19, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | June 23, 2015 February 18, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Service through the Landing area began on January 16, 1854, for the Morris and Essex Railroad, but there was no stop at the shore of Lake Hopatcong. People who wanted to visit the lake had to get off at nearby Drakesville station and traverse from there to the lake. In 1882, after the Central Railroad of New Jersey built the Wharton and Northern Railroad to Charlotteburgh, there was added incentive to bring a station to the Lake Hopatcong area. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which took over the Morris and Essex tracks, established a stop in Landing in 1882. In 1910, service began by the Morris County Traction Company, an electric trolley railroad.
The Lackawanna Railroad announced on July 15, 1910, that a new station would be built at Lake Hopatcong, just east of the nearby county bridge. The new station opened on May 28, 1911, a new all-concrete structure with two elevators and a complete walkway on the south side of the Morris Canal. Service on the Lackawanna Cut-Off, a new mainline just west at Port Morris, opened on December 24, 1911. The concrete overpass was demolished in 1982, after being condemned in 1978. The station depot on Landing Road continues to stand.