Convent Station (NJ Transit)

Convent Station is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line. It is located on the grounds of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, Morris Township, New Jersey.[6]

Convent Station
Coordinates	40°46′44″N 74°26′36″W
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 873, 878, 879
Other information
Station code	428 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	12
History
Opened	1867[2]
Rebuilt	1913–1914[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	1,035 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Morristown toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Madison toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Morristown toward Buffalo Main Line Madison toward Hoboken
Location
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The station first opened in 1867.[2] The station house, built in 1913–1914, has two side platforms, with the station house on the eastbound platform. A ticket office and waiting room is open weekdays. On the westbound track a brick waiting house stands. A former freight station is on the eastbound side. The main driveway into the College is located at a level crossing at the east end of the platform.

Nearby are several office complexes, including the headquarters of Honeywell to the north and Pfizer at Giralda Farms to the east. The Traction Line Recreation Trail, formerly a line of the Morris County Traction Company, runs along the northeastern side of the line.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Ground/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Morristown)
	Track 2	←      Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Madison) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Ticket machine and parking

See also

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

References

1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
2. Housing Legislation of 1966: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency - United States Senate Eighty-Ninth Congress Second Session on Proposed Housing Legislation for 1966 (Report). 89th United States Congress. 1967. p. 1198. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 98. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
4. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
5. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
6. "New Jersey Transit". www.njtransit.com.

External links

• Media related to Convent Station (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons