Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor station in September 2014 facing Morris Plains-bound. Station Road is visible to the right side.
General information
LocationStation Road near Route 53
Mount Tabor, New Jersey
Coordinates40°52′33″N 74°28′55″W / 40.87583°N 74.48194°W / 40.87583; -74.48194
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus: 880
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station code436 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone16
History
Opened1881
RebuiltMay 1, 1902[2]
ElectrifiedJanuary 22, 1931[3]
Key dates
June 15, 1971Station depot razed[4]
Passengers
201730 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Denville
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
limited service
 Morris Plains
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Denville
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Morris Plains
toward Hoboken
Location

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.[7] The station depot was razed on June 15, 1971 after falling into a state of disrepair.[4]

Station layout

The original Mount Tabor DL&W station in 1881.

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.

Ground/
Platform level		 Street level Ticket machine and parking
Side platform, access to both tracks
Track 1 ←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Denville)
Track 2      Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Morris Plains) →

References

  1. ↑ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Electric Line Finished". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 22, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. 1 2 "No Shelter for Tabor Commuters". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. June 17, 1971. p. 5. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  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. ↑ Mount Tabor Historical Society (2007). Images of America: Mount Tabor. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7385-5010-7.

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