Dover station (NJ Transit)

NJ Transit rail station

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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]

## History

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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

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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.

## See also

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* 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

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* 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

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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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. 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 April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
8. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#80002511)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
9. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection \- Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 15.

## External links

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Media related to Dover (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

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

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