Dover station (NJ Transit)

Dover is an NJ Transit station in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The station was originally built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1901 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[9]

Dover
Dover station from the island platform in the center of the station.
Location	East Dickerson Street at South Bergen Street, Dover, Morris County, New Jersey 07801
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 875, 880
Construction
Parking	Hourly and reserved
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	38 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	17[2]
History
Opened	July 31, 1848[3]
Rebuilt	November 1, 1901[4]
Electrified	January 22, 1931[5]
Passengers
2017	983 (average weekday)[6][7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Mount Arlington toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Denville toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Morristown Line
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Mount Arlington toward Buffalo Main Line Denville toward Hoboken Wharton toward Buffalo Terminus Boonton Branch Rockaway toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Dover Railroad Station)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station depot at Dover, seen in December 2014 with no business renting the depot.
Location	Dover, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates	40°53′01″N 74°33′20″W
Area	0.6 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1902
Architect	F.J. Nies
NRHP reference No.	80002511[8]
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1980

History

On July 31, 1848, the first train rolled into Dover over the Morris & Essex Railroad. In 1863, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) acquired the Morris & Essex line. On November 1, 1901, this new Lackawanna Station was opened in Dover with the arrival of the Buffalo Express at 3:00 p.m. It was met by a citizens' committee and the Dover Cornet Band. After the dedication ceremonies, a dinner was served at the Mansion House Hotel.

Station layout and services

Both the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line serve this station, with service to Hoboken or to New York City via Midtown Direct. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, no trains travel further west than Dover.

There is a single center high center platform and a ticket agent in the building 7 days a week. A NJ Transit Rail Yard is located east of the station.

Most outbound Morristown Line and some Montclair-Boonton Line trains currently terminate at this station, as Dover is the end of electrification. Diesel service continues west to the terminus at Hackettstown.

P Platform level	Track 1	←      Morristown Line and      Montclair-Boonton Line limited service toward Hackettstown (Mount Arlington) ←      Morristown Line and      Montclair-Boonton Line termination track
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	←      Morristown Line and      Montclair-Boonton Line toward Hoboken or New York (Denville) →
G	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

See also

• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
• List of NJ Transit stations

Bibliography

• Platt, Charles Davis (1922). Dover Dates, 1722-1922: A Bicentennial History of Dover, New Jersey , Published in Connection with Dover's Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration Under the Direction of the Dover Fire Department, August 9, 10, 11, 1922. Dover, New Jersey: Charles Davis Platt. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
2. "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
3. Platt 1922, p. 36.
4. "Personal and Pertinent". The Scranton Times. October 29, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). NJ Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
8. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
9. Morris County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places

External links

Media related to Dover (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station from Morris Street from Google Maps Street View
• Dover Area Historical Society