Denville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Denville station'sMorristown Line platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Estling Road and Main Street,Denville,New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′2″N74°28′52″W / 40.88389°N 74.48111°W /40.88389; -74.48111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus:880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 34 (Boonton Branch)[5] 436 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 16[9][10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1848[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 22, 1931[4] (Morristown Line only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 18, 1948 | Rockaway Branch service discontinued[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 21, 1991 | Station depot burned[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 302 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denville is an activecommuter railroadtrain station inDenville Township,Morris County,New Jersey. Located on Estling Road, the station contains threeside platforms–two curved low-level platforms that serviceNew Jersey Transit'sMorristown Line, and a third that services theirMontclair–Boonton Line. Both platforms on the Morristown Line contain miniature high-level platforms for handicap accessibility. Trains on both lines operate betweenHoboken Terminal,New York Penn Station andHackettstown. Heading westbound, the next station isDover while the next station east on the Morristown Line isMount Tabor. The next station east on the Montclair–Boonton Line isMountain Lakes.
Railroad service in Denville began with the opening of the extension of theMorris and Essex Railroad to Rockaway fromMorristown 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 viaRockaway Township to reach Dover. As a result, the original Denville station was onRoute 53 in Denville rather than its current location.[11] TheDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad opened its then-freight-onlyBoonton Branch on September 5, 1867.[12]
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.
Prior to the electrification of theMorristown Line in the 1930s, Morristown line trains crossed theBoonton Branch at a right angle, just east of Denville Tower, and continued northwesterly toward Rockaway. From Rockaway, the trains headed southwesterly into Dover. As part of the electrification project, the Morristown line was curved westward and joined the Boonton line in its present location. The track segment between Denville and Rockaway saw limited service after the 1930s, with service on the Rockaway Branch ending on October 18, 1948.[7]Interstate 80 now occupies a short portion of the right-of-way.[13] The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office considered adding the building to the State Register of Historic Places; however, this never went through, and the station was demolished in 1992 after a fire on September 21, 1991.[8] The Denville Interlocking Tower has been found eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places.[14]
The Montclair–Boonton Line has one track and one low-levelside platform serving inbound trains during the morning rush and outbound trains in the evening rush. The Morristown Line has two tracks, each with a mini-high and low-level side platform. The three tracks merge into two just west of the station.[citation needed]
