South Orange (NJT station)

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name=South Orange
style=NJT Rail


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ONE Bus: 31
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passengers=755,560
pass_year=2005
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South Orange is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, New Jersey along the Morris and Essex (formerly Erie Lackawanna) rail line. It is located in the business district of South Orange, near its town hall. From here one may travel eastward along South Orange Avenue to Seton Hall University.

tation

Layout

As with all stations on the Morris & Essex Lines east of Summit with the notable exceptions of Short Hills and Millburn, there are three tracks at South Orange station. They are numbered slightly differently then expected; the reason behind this is unknown. Track 2, the southernmost track, serves eastbound trains heading towards Hoboken and New York Penn. Track 1 acts as a bidirectional track, during the morning rush hours eastbound trains stop here whilst during afternoon peak hours trains heading westbound use this track. Track 3 is the northernmost track and handles westbound trains to Dover, Gladstone, and Hackettstown.

The western end of the platform for tracks 1 and 3 and the eastern end of the platform for track 2 contain high-level sections of platform. Installed in 2004, these allow those with handicaps to board and bring the station in compliance with ADA regulations.

ervice

South Orange station is served by both Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch trains of the Morris and Essex Lines on New Jersey Transit. During peak hours (6.31am-8.41am), trains to Hoboken and New York stop every 10-20 minutes, [http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0040.pdf Morris and Essex Lines timetable] "NJ Transit official site" Retrieved 2008-06-10] whilst during off-peak hours trains to each terminus come at intervals of around every half-hour. The same is true for outbound travel; trains can depart to either Dover, Hackettstown, or Gladstone.

ADA accessibility and viaduct improvements

Station owner New Jersey Transit decided to perform work at South 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 East 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 South 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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