Convent Station station

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Convent Station
Convent Sta house jeh.jpg
Coordinates 40°46′44″N74°26′36″W / 40.77889°N 74.44333°W / 40.77889; -74.44333 Coordinates: 40°46′44″N74°26′36″W / 40.77889°N 74.44333°W / 40.77889; -74.44333
Owned by NJ Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections NJT Bus : 873, 878, 879
Other information
Station code428 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) [1]
Fare zone12
History
Rebuilt1913–1914 [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)1,035 (average weekday) [3] [4]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Morristown
toward Hackettstown
Morristown Line Madison
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Morristown
toward Buffalo
Main Line Madison
toward Hoboken

Convent Station is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line. It is located on the grounds of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, Morris Township.

NJ Transit public transit authority in the U.S. state of New Jersey

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the US state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state, connecting to major commercial and employment centers both within the state and in the adjacent major cities of New York and Philadelphia.

Morristown Line

The Morristown Line is one of New Jersey Transit's commuter rail lines and is one of two branches that run along the Morris and Essex Lines. Out of 60 inbound and 58 outbound daily weekday trains, 28 inbound and 26 outbound Midtown Direct trains use the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station; the rest go to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination.

College of Saint Elizabeth

The College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) is a private Roman Catholic, coeducational, four-year, liberal arts college in Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Portions of the campus are in Florham Park.

Contents

The station, built in 1913–1914, has two side platforms, with the station house on the eastbound platform. A ticket office and waiting room is open weekdays. On the westbound track a brick waiting house stands. A former freight station is on the eastbound side. The main driveway into the College is located at a level crossing at the east end of the platform.

Level crossing place where a road crosses a railway at the same level

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path, or in rare situations an airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion. Other names include railway level crossing, grade crossing,road through railroad, railroad crossing, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated).

Nearby are several office complexes, including the headquarters of Honeywell to the north and Pfizer at Giralda Farms to the east. The Traction Line Recreation Trail, formerly a line of the Morris County Traction Company, runs along the northeastern side of the line.

Honeywell Multinational conglomerate

Honeywell International Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate company that produces commercial and consumer products, engineering services and aerospace systems. The company operates four business units, known as Strategic Business Units – Honeywell Aerospace, Home and Building Technologies (HBT), Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS), and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies.

Pfizer American multinational pharmaceutical corporation

Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its shares have been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 2004. Pfizer ranked No. 57 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Giralda Farms was the estate of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge in Madison, New Jersey. She would hold dog shows at the property. After her death it was converted into a corporate park containing the headquarters for Quest Diagnostics, and other corporations.

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Side platform platform which only has one side facing a track at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. Dual side platform stations, one for each direction of travel, is the basic station design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track.

Ground/
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Morristown)
Track 2     Morristown Line toward Hoboken or New York (Madison) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street levelTicket machine and parking

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Numbers". Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad . 1952. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 98. ISBN   0-9603398-2-5.
  3. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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