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{{Short description|NJ Transit rail station}}
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{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| name = Boonton
| name = Boonton
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| image = Boonton Station - September 2014.jpg
| image = Boonton Station - September 2014.jpg
| image_caption = The New Jersey Transit platform for Boonton in September 2014. [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|Main Street]] is on the bridge above the station.
| image_caption = The New Jersey Transit platform for Boonton in September 2014. [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|Main Street]] is on the bridge above the station.
| address = [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|Main Street]] & [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|Myrtle Avenue]]<br>[[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton, NJ]] 07005
| address = Main Street ([[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|CR 511]]) and Myrtle Avenue ([[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|US 202]]), [[Boonton, New Jersey]] 07005
| coordinates =
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| connections = {{Unbulleted list
| other = {{bus icon|12px|NJT Bus}} '''[[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJT Bus]]''': [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (800-880)|871]]<br>{{bus icon|12px|Commuter Bus}} '''[[Lakeland Bus Lines|Lakeland]]''': 46
| {{bus icon}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|871}}
| {{bus icon}} [[Lakeland Bus Lines]]: 46
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| platform = 1 [[side platform]]
| platform = 1 [[side platform]]
| levels =
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| parking = Yes
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| passengers = 58 (average weekday)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS |publisher=New Jersey Transit |access-date=January 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DEGzJnox?url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref>
| passengers = 58 (average weekday)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS |publisher=New Jersey Transit |access-date=January 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kiefer|first=Eric|date=February 21, 2018|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref>
| pass_year = 2017
| pass_year = 2017
| pass_percent =
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| opened = September 5, 1867{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=54}}
| opened = September 5, 1867{{sfn|Lyon|1873|p=54}}
| closed =
| closed =
| rebuilt = June&nbsp;1904<ref>{{cite news |title=Boonton's New Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32285039/boonton_groundbreaking_june_22_1904/ |access-date=June 5, 2019 |work=The Passaic Daily News |date=June 22, 1904 |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>&ndash;
| rebuilt = June&nbsp;1904<ref>{{cite news |title=Boonton's New Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32285039/boonton_groundbreaking_june_22_1904/ |access-date=June 5, 2019 |work=The Passaic Daily News |date=June 22, 1904 |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>&ndash;June&nbsp;1, 1905<ref>{{cite news |title=Railroad Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115170818/boonton-station-june-6-1905/ |access-date=December 25, 2022 |work=The Morris County Chronicle |date=June 6, 1905 |location=[[Morristown, New Jersey]] |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| electrified =
| electrified =
| ADA = Yes
| accessible = Yes
| code = 29 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)<ref name="dlwnumbers1">{{cite report |title=List of Station Numbers |work=[[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] |date=1952 |page=1}}</ref>
| code = 29 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)<ref name="dlwnumbers1">{{cite report |title=List of Station Numbers |work=[[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] |date=1952 |page=1}}</ref>
| owned = [[NJ Transit]]
| owned = [[NJ Transit]]
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| location = [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|Myrtle Ave.]], [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|Main]], and Division Sts., [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton, NJ]]
| location = [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|Myrtle Ave.]], [[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|Main]], and Division Sts., [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton, NJ]]
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| locmapin = USA New Jersey Morris County
| built = {{Start date|1904}}
| built = {{Start date|1904}}
| architect = [[Frank J. Nies]]
| architect = [[Frank J. Nies]]
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| area = {{convert|2.5|acre|sigfig=1}}
| area = {{convert|2.5|acre|sigfig=1}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000496|title=Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000496|title=Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR}}
| refnum = 77000889<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| refnum = 77000889<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=77000889}}</ref>
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| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date = October 19, 1976 | designated_other1_number = 2087<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/MORRIS.pdf#page=1 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office |page=1 |date=September 29, 2022 }}</ref>
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'''Boonton''' is a [[NJ Transit]] station in [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]], [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]] along the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]]. It is located on Main Street ([[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|County Route&nbsp;511]]), near Myrtle Avenue ([[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|U.S. Route&nbsp;202]]) and [[Interstate 287#New Jersey|I-287]]. The original 1905 station was built by architect [[Frank J. Nies]] who built other stations for the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]]. Unlike most of his stations which tended to be massive Renaissance structures, Boonton station was built as a simple Prairie House design. The station house is now a bar, and was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 13, 1977,<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77000889}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Sonya |last1=Comstock |date=March 1976 }} With {{NRHP url|id=77000889|photos=y|title=accompanying five photos}}</ref> two years before the establishment of [[New Jersey Transit]] and six years before becoming part of their [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|railroad division]].
'''Boonton''' is a [[NJ Transit]] station in [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]], [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]] along the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]].

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It is located on Main Street ([[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|County Route 511]]), near Myrtle Avenue ([[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 202]]) and [[Interstate 287#New Jersey|I-287]]. The original 1905 station was built by architect [[Frank J. Nies]] who built other stations for the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]]. Unlike most of his stations which tended to be massive Renaissance structures, Boonton station was built as a simple Prairie House design. The station house is now a bar, and was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 13, 1977, two years before the establishment of [[New Jersey Transit]] and six years before becoming part of their [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|railroad division]].


==Station layout==
==Station layout==
Boonton has one mini-high level [[side platform]].
Boonton has one mini-high level [[side platform]].
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray" rowspan=3 width=75|'''Ground/<br>Platform level'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Outbound/Inbound'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=550|← {{rcb|system=NJ Transit|line=Montclair-Boonton|inline=yes}} PM rush hours toward [[Hackettstown station|Hackettstown]] <small>([[Mountain Lakes station|Mountain Lakes]])</small><br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|system=NJ Transit|line=Montclair-Boonton|inline=yes}} AM rush hours toward [[Hoboken Terminal|Hoboken]] or [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York]] <small>([[Towaco station|Towaco]])</small> →
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left or right</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Street level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Ticket machine and parking

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==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Boonton (NJT station)}}
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*[http://el-list.railfan.net/archives/boonton1907.jpg 1907 post card of Boonton DL&W Station (The Erie-Lackawanna Archives)]
*[http://el-list.railfan.net/archives/boonton1907.jpg 1907 post card of Boonton DL&W Station (The Erie-Lackawanna Archives)]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.903272,-74.408008&spn=0.003836,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.903195,-74.407942&panoid=HKfEQP5QDP4mSPkG1Yew5g&cbp=12,58.97,,0,2.6 Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.903272,-74.408008&spn=0.003836,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.903195,-74.407942&panoid=HKfEQP5QDP4mSPkG1Yew5g&cbp=12,58.97,,0,2.6 Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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{{Lackawanna Railroad New Jersey stations}}
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 8 June 2024

Boonton
The New Jersey Transit platform for Boonton in September 2014. Main Street is on the bridge above the station.
General information
StandortMain Street (CR 511) and Myrtle Avenue (US 202), Boonton, New Jersey 07005
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections
Bauwesen
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code29 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone14
History
OpenedSeptember 5, 1867[2]
RebuiltJune 1904[3]–June 1, 1905[4]
Passengers
201758 (average weekday)[5][6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Towaco
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Lakes
toward Dover
 Boonton Branch Montville
toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station
The former Lackawanna Railroad depot in September 2014.
StandortMyrtle Ave., Main, and Division Sts., Boonton, NJ
Coordinates40°54′14″N 74°24′23″W / 40.90389°N 74.40639°W / 40.90389; -74.40639
Area2.5 acres (1 ha)
Built1904 (1904)
ArchitectFrank J. Nies
EngineerL. Bush
Architectural stylePrairie School
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.77000889[7]
NJRHP No.2087[8]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1977
Designated NJRHPOctober 19, 1976
Standort
Map

Boonton is a NJ Transit station in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, United States along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It is located on Main Street (County Route 511), near Myrtle Avenue (U.S. Route 202) and I-287. The original 1905 station was built by architect Frank J. Nies who built other stations for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Unlike most of his stations which tended to be massive Renaissance structures, Boonton station was built as a simple Prairie House design. The station house is now a bar, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977,[9] two years before the establishment of New Jersey Transit and six years before becoming part of their railroad division.

Station layout

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Boonton has one mini-high level side platform.

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

References

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  1. ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. ^ Lyon 1873, p. 54.
  3. ^ "Boonton's New Station". The Passaic Daily News. June 22, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Railroad Notes". The Morris County Chronicle. Morristown, New Jersey. June 6, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "National Register Information System – (#77000889)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 1.
  9. ^ Comstock, Sonya (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station". National Park Service. With accompanying five photos
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