Boonton station

NJ Transit rail station

  • Bus transport NJ Transit Bus: 871
  • Bus transport Lakeland Bus Lines: 46
ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation code29 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]Fare zone14HistoryOpenedSeptember 5, 1867[2]RebuiltJune 1904[3]–June 1, 1905[4]Passengers201758 (average weekday)[5][6] Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Towaco
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Dover
 Boonton Branch Montville
toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station
The former Lackawanna Railroad depot in September 2014.
LocationMyrtle Ave., Main, and Division Sts., Boonton, NJCoordinates40°54′14″N 74°24′23″W / 40.90389°N 74.40639°W / 40.90389; -74.40639Area2.5 acres (1 ha)Built1904 (1904)ArchitectFrank J. NiesEngineerL. BushArchitectural stylePrairie SchoolMPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TRNRHP reference No.77000889[7]NJRHP No.2087[8]Significant datesAdded to NRHPJuly 13, 1977Designated NJRHPOctober 19, 1976
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Boonton is a NJ Transit station in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, United States along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It is located on Main Street (County Route 511), near Myrtle Avenue (U.S. Route 202) and I-287. The original 1905 station was built by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to be massive Renaissance structures, Boonton station was built as a simple Prairie House design. The station house is now a bar, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977,[9] two years before the establishment of New Jersey Transit and six years before becoming part of their railroad division.

Station layout

Boonton has one mini-high level side platform.

See also

Bibliography

  • Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

References

  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. ^ Lyon 1873, p. 54.
  3. ^ "Boonton's New Station". The Passaic Daily News. June 22, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Railroad Notes". The Morris County Chronicle. Morristown, New Jersey. June 6, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  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 – (#77000889)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 1.
  9. ^ Comstock, Sonya (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station". National Park Service. With accompanying five photos

External links

  • Media related to Boonton (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
  • 1907 post card of Boonton DL&W Station (The Erie-Lackawanna Archives)
  • Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


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