Lincoln Park station

Lincoln Park is a station on NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line in the borough of Lincoln Park, Morris County, New Jersey. The station is located near the Comly Road overpass, accessible from Main Street, Station Road and Park Avenue.

Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park station and its lone platform facing westbound heading towards the 1905 station.
General information
LocationMain Street at Comly Road, Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Coordinates40°55′27″N 74°18′08″W
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 871
Commuter Bus Lakeland: 46
(on Route 202, limited Lakeland service)
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
OpenedSeptember 12, 1870 (freight service)[1]
December 14, 1870 (passenger service)[2]
Rebuilt1905[3]
Previous namesBeavertown
Passengers
2017101 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Towaco
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Mountain View
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Towaco
toward Dover
 Boonton Branch Mountain View
toward Hoboken

History

Railroad service in Lincoln Park began on September 12, 1870 with the extension of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch as a freight only stop known as Beavertown. Passenger service began on December 14, 1870. The railroad built the current station depot in 1905.[6]

Station layout

The station has two tracks and one side platform. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

It features a parking lot on both sides, and a waiting room with a bathroom. The station also has a pedestrian crossing with two railroad crossing signs that each have two yellow lights which always blink. The station has two tracks that run through, although only one of those tracks are used for passenger service. Lincoln Park has a roughly 1 mile (1.6 km)-long siding that runs right through the station that is dispatcher controlled. It was formerly used for meets before midday service was discontinued, and no longer sees service by revenue trains.

The station is only served on weekdays.

Ground/
Platform level
Bypass track ← No passenger service →
Outbound/Inbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Towaco)
←      Montclair-Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken or New York (Mountain View) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Station building, ticket machine and parking

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 16, 2020.
  • Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 9781582482149.

References
  1. Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. Lyon 1873, p. 55.
  3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 748. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  4. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. Yanosey 2007, p. 118.


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