South Orange (NJT station)

South Orange
South Orange station at the southwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Sloan Street.
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Gladstone Branch   Morristown Line
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 92 and 107 ONE Bus: 31
Construction
Disabled access	yes (mini-platform)
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Rebuilt	February 1, 1916
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	3,667 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Maplewood toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Mountain Station toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Maplewood toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Maplewood toward Buffalo Main Line Mountain Station toward Hoboken
South Orange Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station house as seen from Sloan Street
Location	19 Sloan Street, South Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′45″N 74°15′39″W / 40.74583°N 74.26083°W / 40.74583; -74.26083Coordinates: 40°44′45″N 74°15′39″W / 40.74583°N 74.26083°W / 40.74583; -74.26083
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Frank J. Nies
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002669
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

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. It is one of two train stations in the small township of South Orange, Mountain Station being the other.

As with all stations on the Morris & Essex Lines east of Summit with the exception of Short Hills and Millburn, there are three tracks at South Orange station. They are numbered according to the scheme that was established by the Lackawanna Railroad, which originally built the station in 1916. Track 1, the express track, is the middle of the three tracks and is bidirectional and during the morning rush hours many eastbound trains stop here whilst during afternoon peak hours express trains heading westbound use this track. Track 2, the southernmost track, serves eastbound trains heading towards Hoboken and New York Penn Station. 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.

On the street level of the station (Sloan St.), directly underneath the train station, there are a number of retail stores. As of 2016, these stores are Cait & Abby's Bakery, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Super Cuts, On the Track Cleaners, Cold Stone Creamery, and Village Diner.

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, 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.