South Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, New Jersey along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna) rail line. It is located in the business district of South Orange, near its town hall. It is one of two train stations in the township of South Orange, Mountain Station being the other near the township border. South Orange station was built by the Lackawanna Railroad in 1916.

South Orange
South Orange station at the southwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Sloan Street.
General information
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 92 and 107 ONE Bus: 31
Construction
Disabled access	Yes (mini-platform)
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	September 17, 1837 (preliminary trip)[1] September 28, 1837 (regular service)[2][3]
Rebuilt	February 1, 1916[4]
Electrified	September 22, 1930[5]
Passengers
2017	4,131 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Maplewood toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch weekdays Mountain Station toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Maplewood toward Hackettstown Morristown Line
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Maplewood toward Buffalo Main Line Mountain Station toward Hoboken
South Orange Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station house as seen from Sloan Street
Location	17 Sloan Street, South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′45″N 74°15′39″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Frank J. Nies
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002669[8]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

History

Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at South Orange station to improve accessibility for the handicapped and to repair ninety-year-old viaducts at the station.[9] At a cost of $22.9 million, repair work at South Orange, along with other nearby stations commenced in 2004.[10] South Orange received a mini-high level platform as a result of the repairs, and the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded to have concrete ties and the stairways leading towards the platforms were replaced.[11]

Station layout and service

As with nearly all stations on the Morris & Essex Lines east of Summit, there are three tracks at South Orange station numbered according to the scheme that was established by the Lackawanna Railroad. Track 1, the express track, is the middle of the three tracks and is served by trains in the peak rush hour direction. Track 2, the southernmost track, serves eastbound trains heading towards Hoboken and New York. Track 3 is the northernmost track and handles westbound trains to Dover, Gladstone, and Hackettstown.[12]

The western end of the platform for tracks 1 and 3 and the eastern end of the platform for track 2 contain high-level sections of platform. Installed in 2004, these allow those with handicaps to board and bring the station in compliance with ADA regulations.[9] There are a number of retail stores at street level, below the station building. As of 2022, these stores are Cait & Abby's Bakery, Starbucks, Super Cuts, On the Track Cleaners, Cold Stone Creamery, and Village Diner.

See also

• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
• List of New Jersey Transit stations

References

External links

Media related to South Orange (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• South Orange Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View