Towaco station

Towaco
The Towaco station platform in September 2013, facing eastbound along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The shelter for buses can be seen to the right.
Coordinates	40°55′23″N 74°20′36″W / 40.9230°N 74.3434°W / 40.9230; -74.3434Coordinates: 40°55′23″N 74°20′36″W / 40.9230°N 74.3434°W / 40.9230; -74.3434
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Montclair-Boonton Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	NJT Bus: 871 Lakeland: 46 (limited Lakeland service)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	11
History
Rebuilt	1910–1911
Previous names	Whitehall (–1905)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	100 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Boonton toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Lincoln Park toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Montville toward Denville Boonton Branch Lincoln Park toward Hoboken

Towaco is a New Jersey Transit station in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station was renovated in the late 1990s. The railroad line is currently just one main track, but operated as many as four tracks in the 1920s for transport of eastbound coal and goods. The railway bridges over US 202 in the Towaco area initially carried the four tracks. The general incline of the track in this area is an eastward downhill grade.

The station was built by the DL&W in 1910-11 as a concrete facility, replacing the old "Whitehall" stop, which was renamed Towaco in 1905.

In this area, the Morris Canal paralleled the railroad from Boonton to Towaco to Lincoln Park until its abandonment in 1925. Considerable evidence of the Canal is visible along US 202. These include the towpath and canal bed. An inclined plane for canal boats was used along US 202 farther south, between Lake Valhalla Road and the Montville Inn.