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Morristown LineThe Morristown Line is one of New Jersey Transit's commuter lines. Out of 60 inbound and 58 outbound daily weekday trains, 28 inbound and 26 outbound trains (about 45%) use the Kearny Connection (opened June 10, 1996) to Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station; the rest go to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street Station to reach the other detination if necessary. The line east of Dover Station is electrified, using 25kV AC overhead catenary wire (formerly 3000V DC). There is frequent service weekdays, with hourly service to/from New York (none going beyond Dover) on weekends. Route Guide Note: This route guide assumes you are traveling from Hoboken and heading west to Dover. At historic Hoboken terminal, Morristown line trains depart for Dover, Lake Hopatcong, Mt. Olive and Hackettstown. If your train is bound for Dover from Hoboken, it will be a electric set of Arrow III cars built by the Budd Company in 1978. Otherwise, your train will be a diesel hauled train of 1970 Comet I coaches. (If you boarded in New York, you will have a electric ALP44/46 locomotive hauled train of Comet II/III/IV/V units, as only ALP44/46s can run into New York due to different voltages). After leaving Hoboken, you will pass the coach and diesel yards before entering the 1908 Bergen Tunnel under the New Jersey Palisades. There are two air shafts in the tunnel that allow the sunlight in. At the west end of the Bergen Tunnel is West End interlocking, where the Main Line and Bergen County Line branch off to the north. You then cross over Lower Hack Bridge, a vertical lift bridge built in 1927 over the Hackensack River. The line crosses under New Jersey State Highway 7 and then approaches the Meadows Maintenance Complex. This facility, opened June 13, 1987 is the main overhaul and maintenance shop on the NJ Transit system. Some trains make stops to discharge NJT employees. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line and the New Jersey Turnpike cross overhead and this is where the MidTOWN DIRECT trains join the Morristown line from New York. The Kearny Connection, as it is called was completed in summer 1996. The Morristown line parallels the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and PATH lines and Interstate 280. After following Interstate 280, you cross over a swing bridge over the Passaic River into Newark. The Newark Broad Street station is next. Built in 1903, it is a historic landmark. The line crosses under many city streets in a cut and at Roseville Avenue, the Montclair-Boonton Line spilts off. East Orange is the next stop, on a elevated viaduct. Brick Church and Orange follow, also elevated stations. The line curves south, over Interstate 280 and stops and Highland Avenue and Mountain Station. South Orange is next, an elevated station with two platforms and three tracks. Seton Hall University is located here. Maplewood follows, with a similar arrangment, after which the line narrows to two tracks. Millburn and Short Hills have two side platforms, with two tracks. Summit, a major station is next with high platforms. There are two platforms, and the station building above the tracks. A glass crossover is located above the platforms. Some weekday locals terminate here. Many of the area's private schools are located in Summit and commuting high school students are a major source of traffic for this station. Just west of Summit, the Gladstone Branch separates and we crosses over the Passaic River (the second time) into Chatham. Chatham station is on an elevated enbankment with two side platforms. Madison, on an elevated viaduct is similar. The line reaches its first grade crossing at Convent Station, located on the College of Saint Elizabeth. This station has two side platforms. After the station, there are several grade crossings. Crossing Interstate 287, you are in Morristown. Morristown station has two low side platforms and a large station building. Just west of the station, the Morristown & Erie Railway's main office and shop can be visible, as the track branches off the line west of the station is the Morristown & Erie Railway main line. You pass through a rail yard used for storing museum rail locomotives before reaching Morris Plains a two-platform station. The line curves through wooded areas, under New Jersey State Highway 10, and past several crossings before stopping at Mount Tabor, a small stop in Parsippany. This stop is served by limited weekday and weekend trains and even lacks a eastbound platform. Denville station is a short distance from Mt. Tabor and is where the Morristown Line rejoins the Montclair-Boonton Line. Dover, the final stop in electric territory, is next, and has a high center platform and a low north side platform. All electric MidTOWN DIRECT and Hoboken service terminates here, however some weekday trains continue to Hackettstown (see Montclair-Boonton Line). Station listing | ity | Station | Oper | Connections | | ||Hoboken||Hoboken Terminal||NJT||PATH and New York Waterways to New York City, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to local points, NJT 22, 23, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, 126, 181 buses | | ||Kearny||Kearny Junction||||trains from New York Penn Station and Secaucus Junction join the line via the Kearny Connection | | .8 | rowspan=2|Newark | Newark Broad Street | NJT | future Newark City Subway extension, NJT 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 41, 43, 72, 76, 78, "The Loop" buses | | |Roseville Avenue||||NJT Montclair-Boonton Line splits | | 0 | rowspan=2|East Orange | East Orange | NJT | NJT 21, 71, 73, 79, 94, 97 buses | | 0.6 | Brick Church | NJT | NJT 21, 71, 73, 79, 94 buses | | 1.5 | rowspan=2|Orange | Orange | NJT | NJT 21, 41, 71, 73, 79, 92 buses | | 2.2 | Highland | NJT | NJT 92 bus | | 3.1 | rowspan=2|South Orange | Mountain Station | NJT | NJT 92 bus | | 3.9 | South Orange | NJT | NJT 92, 107 buses | | 5.2 | Maplewood | Maplewood | NJT | | 6.8 | rowspan=2|Millburn | Millburn | NJT | NJT 70 bus | | 7.8 | Short Hills | NJT | | 0.1 | Summit | Summit | NJT | NJT Gladstone Branch splits, NJT 70 bus | | 3.5 | Chatham | Chatham | NJT | MCM 3 bus | | 5.5 | Madison | Madison | NJT | MCM 3 bus | | 7.7 | Morris | Convent | NJT | MCM 3 bus | | 9.8 | Morristown | Morristown | NJT | MCM 1, 2, 3 10 buses | | 2 | Morris Plains | Morris Plains | NJT | MCM 2, 10 buses | | 5.7 | Parsippany-Troy Hills | Mount Tabor | NJT | | 6.7 | Denville | Denville | NJT | NJT Montclair-Boonton Line joins, MCM 10 bus | | 0.5 | Dover | Dover | NJT | MCM 2, 10 buses | | 5.9 | Roxbury | Lake Hopatcong | NJT | | 8.4 | Netcong | Netcong | NJT | | 0.1 | Mount Olive | Mount Olive | NJT | | 7.4 | Hackettstown | Hackettstown | NJT |
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