Highland Avenue station (NJ Transit)

Highland Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station in Orange, New Jersey along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination if necessary.

Highland Avenue
LocationScotland Road & Highland Avenue
Orange, NJ
Coordinates40°45′56″N 74°14′42″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Connections NJT Bus: 92
ONE Bus: 44
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Rebuilt1905, 1916–1918[1]
ElectrifiedSeptember 22, 1930[2]
Previous namesOrange Valley (1858–1890)[3]
Passengers
2017233 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Mountain Station
toward Gladstone
 Gladstone Branch Orange
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Mountain Station
toward Hackettstown
 Morristown Line
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Mountain Station
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Orange
toward Hoboken

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving the outer tracks. The north platform has a walkway over the Track 3 to access Track 1, though trains on Track 1 do not typically stop at this station and is instead used as an express track.

Ground/
platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 3 ←      Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (Mountain Station)
←      Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (Mountain Station)
Track 1 ←      Morristown Line and      Gladstone Branch do not stop here →
Track 2 ←      Morristown Line and      Gladstone Branch toward Hoboken or New York (Orange) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Station building, ticket machines, parking

References
  1. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 1. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 85. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
  2. "Edison Pilots First Electric Train Over Orange-Hoboken Route". The Passaic Daily News. September 22, 1930. p. 5. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 740. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
  4. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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