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Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

Coordinates: 40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W / 40.76556°N 74.24500°W / 40.76556; -74.24500
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Highland Avenue
General information
LocationScotland Road & Highland Avenue
Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W / 40.76556°N 74.24500°W / 40.76556; -74.24500
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 92
Local Transit ONE Bus: 44
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Rebuilt1905, 1916–1918[1]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930[2]
Previous namesOrange Valley (1858–1890)[3]
Passengers
2017233 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Station
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
weekdays
Orange
Mountain Station Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Station
toward Buffalo
Main Line Orange
toward Hoboken
Location
Map

Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in Orange, 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.

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

Station layout

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The station has two low-level side platforms serving the outer tracks. The north platform has a walkway over the Track 3 to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station and is instead used as an express track.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 85. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
  2. ^ "Edison Pilots First Electric Train Over Orange-Hoboken Route". The Passaic Daily News. September 22, 1930. p. 5. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 740. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  4. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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