Boonton station

Boonton is a NJ Transit station in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, United States along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It is located on Main Street (County Route 511), near Myrtle Avenue (U.S. Route 202) and I-287. The original 1905 station was built by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to be massive Renaissance structures, Boonton station was built as a simple Prairie House design. The station house is now a bar, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977,[9] two years before the establishment of New Jersey Transit and six years before becoming part of their railroad division.

Boonton
The New Jersey Transit platform for Boonton in September 2014. Main Street is on the bridge above the station.
General information
LocationMain Street (CR 511) and Myrtle Avenue (US 202), Boonton, New Jersey 07005
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code29 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone14
History
OpenedSeptember 5, 1867[2]
RebuiltJune 1904[3]–June 1, 1905[4]
Passengers
201758 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Towaco
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Dover
 Boonton Branch Montville
toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station
The former Lackawanna Railroad depot in September 2014.
Boonton station is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Boonton station
LocationMyrtle Ave., Main, and Division Sts., Boonton, NJ
Coordinates40°54′14″N 74°24′23″W
Area2.5 acres (1 ha)
Built1904 (1904)
ArchitectFrank J. Nies
EngineerL. Bush
Architectural stylePrairie School
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.77000889[7]
NJRHP No.2087[8]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1977
Designated NJRHPOctober 19, 1976

Station layout

Boonton has one mini-high level side platform.

Ground/
Platform level		 Outbound/Inbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Mountain Lakes)
←      Montclair-Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken or New York (Towaco) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Ticket machine and parking

See also

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 12, 2020.

References
  1. List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. Lyon 1873, p. 54.
  3. "Boonton's New Station". The Passaic Daily News. June 22, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "Railroad Notes". The Morris County Chronicle. Morristown, New Jersey. June 6, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. "National Register Information System – (#77000889)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 1.
  9. Comstock, Sonya (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station". National Park Service. With accompanying five photos
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