East Orange (NJT station)

Infobox Station
name=East Orange
style=NJT Rail


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other=NJT Bus: 21, 71, 73, 79, and 94
Community Coach: 77
platform=1 side platform and 1 island platform
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tracks=3
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passengers=237,640
pass_year=2005
pass_percent=0
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opened=19 November 1836
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ADA=yes
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owned=New Jersey Transit
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East Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in East Orange, New Jersey on the Morris and Essex line. This elevated station was built in 1923 and serving the Lackawanna lines and now receives trains from the Morristown Line and the Gladstone Branch, including service to Hoboken Terminal and Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is located next to the westbound lanes of Interstate 280, about five hundred yards west of the crossing of the Morris and Essex line over the Garden State Parkway. The East Orange City Hall is located directly north of this station.

ADA accessibility and viaduct improvements

Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at East Orange station to improve accessibility for the handicapped and to repair eighty year old viaducts at the station. [http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project031To M&E station improvement and viaduct rehabilitation] "NJ Transit official site" Retrieved 2007-08-06] At a cost of $22.9m, repair work at East Orange, along with nearby stations Brick Church and South Orange, commenced in 2004. [http://www.progressiverailroading.com/transitnews/article.asp?id=4270 NJ Transit approves $22.9 million in viaduct repairs] "Progressive Railroading" Retrieved 2007-08-06] Not only did East Orange receive a mini-high level platform as a result of the repairs, but the tracks surrounding the station were upgraded to have concrete ties and the stairways leading towards the platforms were replaced. [http://www.progressiverailroading.com/transitnews/article.asp?id=4793 NJ Transit breaks ground on three-station rehab project] "Progressive Railroading" Retrieved 2007-08-07]

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