Summit station (NJT)

Summit
Gladstone train waits on the Wall Track in view from east end.
Coordinates	40°42′59.6″N 74°21′27.9″W / 40.716556°N 74.357750°W / 40.716556; -74.357750Coordinates: 40°42′59.6″N 74°21′27.9″W / 40.716556°N 74.357750°W / 40.716556; -74.357750
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Gladstone Branch   Morristown Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform, 1 side platform)
Tracks	3
Connections	NJT Bus: 70, 986 Lakeland: 78
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1905
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	3,638 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station New Providence toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Short Hills toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Chatham toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Chatham toward Buffalo Main Line Short Hills toward Hoboken New Providence toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Roseville Avenue toward Hoboken

Summit is a train station in Summit, New Jersey, served by New Jersey Transit's Morris & Essex Lines (the Gladstone Branch and Morristown Line). The station sits between Union Place on the north and Broad Street on the south, with station access via either side, and between Summit Avenue on the east and Maple Avenue on the west. Constructed in 1904-05 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in a mile-long open cut, it is one of the few NJ Transit stations with platforms below street level.

There are two platforms and three tracks: Track 1, Track 2, and Track 3, the last, on the Broad Street side, more commonly referred to as the "Wall Track". The Track 1 platform (on the north side) is accessible via the station overpass or from the station parking lot at street level from Union Place near Summit Avenue. Track 2 and the Wall Track are accessible only via the station overpass to a shared platform. In the early morning hours, trains on the Gladstone Branch originate at Gladstone Station with a final destination to Hoboken Terminal. Trains going to New York Pennsylvania Station (New York Penn Station) originate in Dover. As of 2009, Track 1 is mainly used for all trains going westbound (Dover or Gladstone). Track 2 and the Wall Track are currently used during the week (Monday to Friday) for all trains going eastbound (New York or Hoboken final stops). The Wall Track is mainly used by the Gladstone Branch, though under certain circumstances, Track 2 and the Wall Track are shared by both lines.

In 2017, NJ Transit will complete construction of a pocket track to help trains turn around during rush hour and free up tracks. The new track will accommodate 12-car trains, allowing NJ Transit to haul more riders to New York and Hoboken.

Trains originating from Dover have final stops in both New York Penn Station and Hoboken Station. Trains out of Hoboken Station with Summit Station as a connection have final stops in Dover or Gladstone. Trains out of New York Penn Station with Summit Station as a connection have final stops in Dover or Gladstone (check the current schedule for further details).

On weekends and Holidays (noted in the current train schedule), Track 1 is not used. Currently (2009), trains originating from Gladstone use Summit as a final destination (on the Wall Track). That same train is then used as a Gladstone bound train originating at Summit Station upon the arrival of the Dover bound train. Trains originating in Dover follow though to New York, picking up passengers at Summit Station (on Track 2) desiring to go to Hoboken, where Hoboken-bound passengers then transfer at Newark Broad Street Station. Trains originating in New York then use Summit as a transfer Station for passengers going to stops along the Gladstone line, and then itself for passengers going towards Dover Station.