Owned by New Jersey Transit Disabled access yes (mini-platform) Area 6,100 m² | Tracks 3 Opened 1916 Architectural style Renaissance architecture Rebuilt 1 February 1916 | |
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Platforms 1 side platform and 1 island platform Connections NJT Bus: 92 and 107 ONE Bus: 31 Address South Orange, NJ 07079, United States Similar Mountain Station station, Brick Church station, Newark Broad Street Sta, Madison Station, Highland Avenue station | ||
South Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, New Jersey along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna) rail line. It is located in the business district of South Orange, near its town hall. It is one of two train stations in the small township of South Orange, Mountain Station being the other.
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Facility
As with all stations on the Morris & Essex Lines east of Summit with the exception of Short Hills and Millburn, there are three tracks at South Orange station. They are numbered according to the scheme that was established by the Lackawanna Railroad, which originally built the station in 1916. Track 1, the express track, is the middle of the three tracks and is bidirectional and during the morning rush hours many eastbound trains stop here whilst during afternoon peak hours express trains heading westbound use this track. Track 2, the southernmost track, serves eastbound trains heading towards Hoboken and New York Penn Station. Track 3 is the northernmost track and handles westbound trains to Dover, Gladstone, and Hackettstown.
The western end of the platform for tracks 1 and 3 and the eastern end of the platform for track 2 contain high-level sections of platform. Installed in 2004, these allow those with handicaps to board and bring the station in compliance with ADA regulations.
On the street level of the station (Sloan St.), directly underneath the train station, there are a number of retail stores. As of 2016, these stores are Cait & Abby's Bakery, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Super Cuts, On the Track Cleaners, Cold Stone Creamery, and Village Diner.
Service
South Orange station is served by both Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch trains of the Morris and Essex Lines on New Jersey Transit. During peak hours (6.31am-8.41am), trains to Hoboken and New York stop every 10–20 minutes, whilst during off-peak hours trains to each terminus come at intervals of around every half-hour. The same is true for outbound travel; trains can depart to either Dover, Hackettstown, or Gladstone.
ADA accessibility and viaduct improvements
Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at South Orange station to improve accessibility for the handicapped and to repair ninety-year-old viaducts at the station. At a cost of $22.9m, repair work at South Orange, along with other nearby stations commenced in 2004. South Orange received a mini-high level platform as a result of the repairs, and the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded to have concrete ties and the stairways leading towards the platforms were replaced.