Highland Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, New Jersey along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination if necessary.
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Highland Avenue | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Scotland Road & Highland Avenue Orange, NJ | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1905, 1916–1918[1] | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 22, 1930[2] | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | Orange Valley (1858–1890)[3] | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2017 | 233 (average weekday)[4][5] | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Ground/ platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Track 3 | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mountain Station) ← Gladstone Branch weekdays toward Gladstone (Mountain Station) | |
Track 1 | ← Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch do not stop here → | |
Track 2 | ← Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Orange) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Street level | Station building, ticket machines, parking |
NJ Transit Rail stations | |||||||
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Atlantic City Line |
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Bergen County Line |
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Gladstone Branch |
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Main Line |
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Meadowlands |
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Montclair-Boonton Line |
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Morristown Line |
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North Jersey Coast Line |
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Northeast Corridor Line |
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Pascack Valley Line |
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Raritan Valley Line |
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West Trenton Line |
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