Greendell station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)

GREENDELL
Greendell station in May 2015.
Location	18 Wolfs Corner Road, Green Township, New Jersey 07860
Coordinates	40°58′31″N 74°49′08″W / 40.975305°N 74.818920°W / 40.975305; -74.818920
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
History
Opened	December 23, 1911
Previous names	Greenville (December 23, 1911–October 1916)
Services
Preceding station   Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad   Following station Johnsonburg toward Buffalo Main Line Lake Hopatcong toward Hoboken

Coordinates: 40°58′31″N 74°49′08″W / 40.975305°N 74.818920°W / 40.975305; -74.818920

Greendell is one of three original train stations built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) along its Lackawanna Cut-Off line in northwestern New Jersey. The station, which stood in Green Township at milepost 57.6 on the Cut-Off, began operations on December 23, 1911, one day before the line itself opened and the first revenue train arrived.

Contractor Walter H. Gahagan built both the station building and its signal tower, called "GD tower" after its telegraph call letters. The facility controlled a somewhat elaborate 4-mile (6.4 km) siding with multiple switching points, built to accommodate freight traffic on the railroad's double-track main line. Located about midway between Slateford Junction and Port Morris Junction and a few miles east of the ruling grade on the Cut-Off, the siding allowed slow freights to pull off the main line and wait for faster trains to pass.

Initially called Greensville, the station was renamed Greendell in October 1916. As time went on, its modest passenger patronage relegated the station to a mere flag stop: most trains skipped it and stopped at Blairstown station on the Cut-Off instead. Finally, the station closed in 1938.