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Towaco station

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Owned by
  
New Jersey Transit

Disabled access
  
Yes

Rebuilt
  
1910–1911

Owner
  
NJ Transit

Platforms
  
1 side platform

Tracks
  
1

Fare zone
  
11

Line(s)
  
Montclair-Boonton Line

Platforms in use
  
1

Towaco station

Connections
  
NJT Bus: 871 Lakeland: 46 (limited Lakeland service)

Address
  
Montville, NJ 07082, United States

Similar
  
Mount Olive station, Lake Hopatcong station, Boonton station, Highland Avenue station, Mount Tabor station

Railfan boonton line at towaco station


Towaco is a New Jersey Transit station in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station was renovated in the late 1990s. The railroad line is currently just one main track, but operated as many as four tracks in the 1920s for transport of eastbound coal and goods. The railway bridges over US 202 in the Towaco area initially carried the four tracks. The general incline of the track in this area is an eastward downhill grade.

The station was built by the DL&W in 1910-11 as a concrete facility, replacing the old "Whitehall" stop, which was renamed Towaco in 1905.

In this area, the Morris Canal paralleled the railroad from Boonton to Towaco to Lincoln Park until its abandonment in 1925. Considerable evidence of the Canal is visible along US 202. These include the towpath and canal bed. An inclined plane for canal boats was used along US 202 farther south, between Lake Valhalla Road and the Montville Inn.

References

Towaco station Wikipedia