Mount Olive station

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Mt. Olive
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Mount Olive station facing to the east and Netcong station. There is no signage denoting the station other than the singular sign on Waterloo Valley Road.
General information
LocationWaterloo Valley Road, Budd Lake, New Jersey 07828
Coordinates 40°54′26.7″N74°43′50.8″W / 40.907417°N 74.730778°W / 40.907417; -74.730778
Owned byNew Jersey Transit (station and trackage)
Line(s) Morristown Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking23 parking spaces
Other information
Fare zone19 [1]
History
OpenedJanuary 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad) [2] [3]
October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit) [4]
ClosedApril 24, 1960 [5] [6]
ElectrifiedNo
Previous namesWaterloo
Passengers
201716 (average weekday) [7] [8]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Hackettstown
Terminus
Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
Netcong
Morristown Line
limited service
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Hackettstown Old Main Line Netcong
Cranberry Lake
toward Branchville
Sussex Branch Netcong
toward Hoboken
Location
Mount Olive station

Mount Olive is a NJ Transit station in Mount Olive, New Jersey, located in the International Trade Center. The station, located on the side of Waterloo Valley Road, services trains for both the Montclair-Boonton Line and the Morristown Line along trackage owned by Norfolk Southern. The line is not electrified from Hackettstown to Dover, where passengers can transfer to an electric Morristown Line train via Summit or a diesel Montclair-Boonton train via Wayne and Montclair. Trains along both lines head to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey or New York Penn Station at 34th Street in New York City, although Montclair-Boonton trains require a transfer at Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street for electrified service to New York. It is also the least-used station in the NJ Transit commuter rail network.

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History

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Waterloo station site, 2008 Waterloo-Station-Waterloo-NJ.JPG
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Waterloo station site, 2008

After the termination of Boonton Line passenger service to Washington in 1966, service terminated at Netcong station in Netcong. In 1994, stations were constructed along Conrail's Washington Secondary at Mount Olive and Hackettstown, extending the line into Warren County and providing rail service to the International Trade Center (ITC) along with tourist attraction, Waterloo Village. Service took effect on November 5, 1994 from Netcong to Hackettstown. [9] The Washington Secondary was the original alignment of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Main Line via Washington and Portland, Pennsylvania. [10] Near Mount Olive station was once the Waterloo station, named after local Waterloo, New Jersey. Waterloo station was first built in 1854 [11] and remained in service until being torn down in the 1920s. It continued to receive passengers, and was the only regular stop with neither a building nor even a shelter. [12]

Station layout

Mount Olive has one track and one mini-high side platform.[ citation needed ]

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