Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

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Highland Avenue
Highland Av NJT jeh.JPG
General information
LocationScotland Road & Highland Avenue
Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°45′56″N74°14′42″W / 40.76556°N 74.24500°W / 40.76556; -74.24500
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NJT Bus : 92
Aiga bus trans.svg ONE Bus : 44
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Rebuilt1905, 19161918 [1]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930 [2]
Previous namesOrange Valley (18581890) [3]
Passengers
2017233 (average weekday) [4] [5]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Station
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
weekdays
Orange
Mountain Station
toward Hackettstown
Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Station
toward Buffalo
Main Line Orange
toward Hoboken

Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. One of two in the city, along with the eponymous Orange station, Highland Avenue is serviced by trains of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. Trains through the station run between New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal to the east and Hackettstown and Gladstone. The station contains two low-level side platforms for the three tracks that run through the station.

Contents

The station opened as Orange Valley as a stop on the Morris and Essex Railroad, using that name until 1890.

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving the outer tracks. The north platform has a walkway over the Track 3 to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station and is instead used as an express track.

Ground/
platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 3      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mountain Station)
      Gladstone Branch weekdays toward Gladstone (Mountain Station)
Track 1         Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
Track 2         Morristown Line, Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Orange)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street levelStation building, ticket machines, parking

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References

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