Dover station (NJ Transit)

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Dover
Dover station from the island platform in the center of the station.
General information
Location	7 East Dickerson Street, Dover, New Jersey 07801
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 875, 880
Construction
Parking	Hourly and reserved
Accessible	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 limited service Denville toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Mount Arlington limited service toward Hackettstown 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 Rockaway Branch Rockaway toward Denville
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (a.k.a. Dover Railroad Station)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey 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 / 40.88361°N 74.55556°W / 40.88361; -74.55556
Area	0.6 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1902
Architect	Frank J. Nies
NRHP reference No.	80002511[8]
NJRHP No.	2109[9]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1980
Designated NJRHP	February 1, 1980
Location

Dover is an active commuter railroad train station in the town of Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. Located at the end of electric service, Dover station serves as a secondary terminal of NJ Transit's Morristown and Montclair-Boonton Lines. Non-electric service continues west to Hackettstown on both lines. The next station to the west is Mount Arlington while the next station to the east is Denville. Dover station consists of a single island platform, accessible for the handicapped.

The first train in Dover arrived on July 31, 1848, with the extension of the Morris and Essex Railroad from Rockaway, which opened just 27 days prior. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad constructed the current station depot on Dickerson Street in 1901, opening on November 1. The station depot joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[8]

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.

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.

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

• 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.

Media related to Dover (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

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