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Coordinates: 40°45′40.8″N 74°12′39.5″W / 40.761333°N 74.210972°W / 40.761333; -74.210972
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East Orange
The East Orange station in April 2015, facing toward Brick Church.
General information
Location65 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 21, 71, 73, 79, and 94
Intercity Bus Community Coach: 77
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedNovember 19, 1836[1]
RebuiltApril 21, 1921–December 18, 1922[2]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930[3]
Previous namesOrange Junction[4]
Passengers
2017455 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Brick Church
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch
weekdays
 Newark Broad Street
toward New York or Hoboken
Brick Church
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Brick Church
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch
until April 7, 1991
 Grove Street
toward New York or Hoboken
Brick Church
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
until April 7, 1991
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Brick Church
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Grove Street
toward Hoboken
East Orange Station
East Orange station depot
Coordinates40°45′40.8″N 74°12′39.5″W / 40.761333°N 74.210972°W / 40.761333; -74.210972
Built1921
ArchitectF.W. Nies
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002638[7]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

East Orange is an active commuter railroad train station in the city of East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. Located next to East Orange City Hall, the station serves trains on the two lines that make up New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. Trains heading east to New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal stop at Newark Broad Street Station next, while trains heading west towards Gladstone and Hackettstown stop at Brick Church station. East Orange station contains two platforms (one side platform and one island platform) to service three active tracks. The station is accessible for handicapped persons per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Service in East Orange began on November 19, 1836 when the Morris and Essex Railroad opened to Orange. Originally the station was known as Orange Junction as the name East Orange was assigned to the now-closed Grove Street station to the east.[4] The current station at the location opened on December 18, 1922 when the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad completed an elevation project of the tracks through the city. The headhouse at East Orange station were added to the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[8][9]

History

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Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at East Orange station to improve accessibility for the handicapped and to repair eighty-year-old viaducts at the station.[10] At a cost of $22.9 million, repair work at East Orange, along with nearby station Brick Church commenced in 2004.[11] East Orange received a mini-high level platform, the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded with concrete ties and the stairways leading to the platforms were replaced.[12]

Station layout

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The station has two low-level platforms serving all three tracks.

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

References

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  1. ^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
  2. ^ "D., L. & W. Opens New Elevated Line". The Paterson Evening News. December 18, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ a b 40 Miles Around New York (Map). New York, New York: H.H. Lloyd and Co. 1867. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
  9. ^ East Orange New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  10. ^ M&E station improvement and viaduct rehabilitation Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit official site Retrieved August 6, 2007
  11. ^ NJ Transit approves $22.9 million in viaduct repairs Progressive Railroading Retrieved August 6, 2007
  12. ^ NJ Transit breaks ground on three-station rehab project Progressive Railroading Retrieved August 7, 2007
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