Mount Tabor station
Mount Tabor | |||||||||||||
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 Mount Tabor station in September 2014 facing Morris Plains-bound. Station Road is visible to the right side. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Station Road near Route 53 Mount Tabor, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′33″N 74°28′55″W / 40.87583°N 74.48194°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 880 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 436 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 16 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 1, 1902[2] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 22, 1931[3] | ||||||||||||
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| June 15, 1971 | Station depot razed[4] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 11 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Mount Tabor is a New Jersey Transit station in Denville, New Jersey along the Morristown Line just west of the small community of Mount Tabor in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. The station consists of one small side platform and 48 parking spaces for commuters. One of these parking spaces is handicapped-accessible.
History
The first station at Mount Tabor was originally built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on August 19, 1881 under the supervision of a man from Newark named John Scannell.[6] The station depot was razed on June 15, 1971 after falling into a state of disrepair.[4]
Station layout
The station has two tracks with a low-level side platform on Track 1. Access from the platform to Track 2 is provided via a walkway over the tracks, though not all trains stop at this station.
References
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 753. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
- ^ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "No Shelter for Tabor Commuters". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. June 17, 1971. p. 5. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025 (Report). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Mount Tabor Historical Society (2007). Images of America: Mount Tabor. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7385-5010-7.
External links
Media related to Mount Tabor (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons