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Chatham Borough, New Jersey
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This article is about a borough in New Jersey. For an adjacent township, see Chatham Township, for more information about their shared services, including school and library systems, see The Chathams. Chatham is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, the community that now is Chatham Borough was first settled by Europeans in 1710 within Morris Township, in what was then the Province of New Jersey. The residents of the community changed its name from John Days Bridge to Chatham, Chathams residents were active participants in the American Revolutionary War, which ended in 1783. Chatham Township was formed in the state of New Jersey on February 12,1806, on August 19,1892, Chatham adopted a new village form of government allowed within townships in the state after the revolution. The village of Chatham reincorporated for governance as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1,1897 with complete independence from the surrounding Chatham Township. Chatham Borough is a community that covers less than 2.5 square miles, including a central business district. In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Chatham ninth on its annual list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Chatham as its twenty-fifth best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the Best Places To Live in New Jersey. Occupied for thousands of years by Native Americans, this land was overseen by clans of the Minsi and Lenni Lenape, who farmed, fished, and hunted upon it. They were organized into a matrilineal, agricultural, and mobile hunting society sustained with fixed, villages were established and relocated as the clans farmed new sections of the land when soil fertility lessened and moved among their fishing and hunting grounds. In 1498, John Cabot explored this portion of the New World, the land that would become Chatham was part of the Province of East Jersey, the Indian rights to Chatham were purchased in 1680 from members of the Minsi and Lenni Lenape tribes. They hunted and fished in the area and farmed on the lands of their settlements, the area was well connected with established paths among their settlements, to and from bountiful resources, and to neighboring settlements. Safe passageways through the valleys, marshes, swamps, and mountains of this portion of the Watchung Mountains connected the area which would become Chatham with other settlements in the area. In 1680, the British first purchased this Lenape land upon which John Day made the first European settlement in 1710 and he chose to settle upon the western bank of the Fishawack Crossing on the traditional Lenape Minisink Trail. Chatham was in the area delineated as Morris Township by the English and that traditional part of the Great Trail would become Route 24, leading to Madison, Morristown, Mendham, and Chester. It became known as Main Street in Chatham, before long, the village became known as John Days Bridge because of a bridge he built across the river at the shallow landing. By 1750, the village had a shop as well as a flour mill, a grist mill
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Morristown Line
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The Morristown Line is one of New Jersey Transits commuter lines and is one of two branches that run along the Morris and Essex Lines. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit to reach the other destination, there is frequent service weekdays, with hourly service to/from New York on weekends. Until August 13,2006, there was also hourly service to Hoboken, on that date, service between Hoboken and Summit was cut back to once every two hours on weekends. On May 11,2008, off-peak weekday Hoboken-Dover trains were cut, in addition, weekend Gladstone trains were cut back to Summit, and a shuttle trains is operated every two hours between Newark Broad Street and Hoboken Terminal. Recently the line between Millburn and Summit underwent extensive rehabilitation, more recently work has been progressing briskly on rehabilitating both tracks between Summit and Dover with concrete crossties and new welded rail, and rehabilitation of select road overpasses. Midtown Direct service was restored from Dover to New York on November 12,2012, service to Hoboken, the Morristown Line begins at the Hoboken Terminal or at New York Penn Station. Morristown line trains departing for points west of Dover, NJ require diesel locomotives, immediately after leaving Hoboken, the route passes the coach and diesel yards before entering the 1908 Bergen Tunnel under the New Jersey Palisades just past the East End interlocking. At the west portal of the Bergen Tunnel is West End interlocking, the Morristown Line then crosses over Lower Hack Lift, a vertical lift bridge built in 1927 over the Hackensack River. The line crosses under Route 7 and then passes NJ Transits Meadowlands Maintenance Complex, amtraks Northeast Corridor and the New Jersey Turnpike cross overhead. The Midtown Direct trains join the Morristown line from New York at Kearny Jct. just past this overpass, the Morristown Line parallels the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and PATH lines and Interstate 280 for a short distance here. The Waterfront Connection is just prior to the overpass at Meadows interlocking and it allows selected North Jersey Coast Line and Raritan Valley Line trains to reach Hoboken from the Northeast Corridor Line. After passing an abandoned station at Grove Street and over the Garden State Parkway, East Orange is the next stop, brick Church and Orange follow, also elevated stations. The line curves south over Interstate 280 past Highland Avenue and Mountain Station, south Orange is next, an elevated station with two platforms and three tracks. Seton Hall University is located here, Maplewood follows, with a side platform and a center platform serving all westbound and some eastbound trains. After Maplewood the line narrows to two tracks at Millburn interlocking, Millburn and Short Hills have two side platforms, with two tracks. Summit, a station is next with two high platforms and the station building above the tracks. A glass crossover passes above the platforms, some weekday locals terminate and originate here. Many of the private schools are located in Summit and commuting high school students are a major source of traffic for this station
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NJ Transit Bus Operations
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Prior to 1948, most public transportation in New Jersey was provided by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, a utility company that also operated the Public Service Railway division. PSCT provided service throughout New Jersey, originally using trolleys and then transitioning to trolley buses, NJ Transit came into being as the result of the New Jersey Public Transportation Act of 1979 to acquire, operate, and contract for transportation services in the public interest. NJ Transit Bus Operations came into being the year, when it acquired Transport of New Jersey from PSE&G. Other purchases and buyouts in the 1980s expanded the bus division of NJ Transit, in 1992 NJ Transit Mercer, Inc. which was the successor to the former Mercer Metro operation in the Trenton and Princeton areas, was folded into NJ Transit Bus Operations. In 2010, Morris County operations were taken over under the subsidiary NJ Transit Morris, NJ Transit Bus Operations owns, leases, or subleases over 3,000 buses, and many more have been purchased for community shuttles. Fare and route can also be further elucidated on some of the route schedules or the trip planner. 1-99, Intrastate service originating from Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, 100-199, Routes from central and northern New Jersey to New York City. 200-299, No routes with numbers, a few existed in the 1980s to be quickly renumbered. 300-399, Special-event and park services, park-and-ride services, long-distance suburban routes from Philadelphia, 450-499, Local service within Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties. 500-549, Atlantic County and Cape May County local routes, 550-599, Long-distance routes from Atlantic City serving points in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. 700-799, Passaic and Bergen County local routes not entering Newark, 800-880, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Morris local routes not running to Newark. On July 11,2012, NJ Transit publicly announced that it had finalized plans to service on routes 42,43,75 and 93 effective September 1,2012. Combined with changes to service on routes 56,57,181, go28,451 and 604, NJ Transit also intended to split route 62 into two routes and expand route 99. NJ Transit Bus Operations is divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern Divisions, below is a list of all facilities and the buses housed in them. The Northern Division consists of six garages, the Central Division consists of five garages and one light rail operations facility. The Southern Division consists of four garages and these companies operate service under contract to New Jersey Transit. Service is provided using New Jersey Transit-branded buses, NJ Transit Rail Operations New Jersey Transit official website Unofficial New Jersey Transit fan page Unofficial New Jersey Transit bus map
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NJ Transit Rail Operations
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NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit. It provides commuter service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken. NJ Transit also operates service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York under contract to Metro-North Railroad. This does not include NJ Transits light rail operations, as of 2012, NJ Transits commuter rail network consists of 11 lines and 164 stations, primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey, with one line running between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. The former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City Line is also included in the Newark Division, Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern and several short lines currently have trackage rights contracts to operate freight service on NJ Transit lines. The Morristown & Erie Railway can only use NJT trackage to get between its owned trackage, it cannot serve customers on NJ Transit trackage, a similar situation exists for Conrail on the Atlantic City Line. These lines were purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in the late 1970s for railbanking purposes, other major yard facilities are located at Hoboken Terminal. Amtraks Sunnyside Yard in Queens, New York serves as a facility for trains to New York Penn Station. Additional yards are located at outlying points along the lines, there are eight non-revenue work diesels used for these purposes. Equipment owned by Metro-North carries AAR reporting marks MNCW without exception and these locomotives carry NJTR reporting marks for revenue service. Not included are the EMU cars, which are technically locomotives, ONLY active revenue locomotives are listed, retired equipment is unlisted. All non-revenue locomotives are diesel-powered and legally carry the same NJTR AAR reporting marks as all other equipment without exception, as these locomotives lack HEP, they do not haul trains in passenger service unless performing a rescue. NJ Transit has a fleet of over 1,000 passenger cars, the fleet and examples are described below. Except for the Comet IIM, all examples shown are cab cars leading or on the end of trains. Car groupings are, except for the Arrow III MUs, arranged in the order, cab cars, trailers with lavatories, and trailers without lavatories. Single Arrow III MUs are GE Model MA-1J, married pairs are GE Model MA-1H, NJ Transit provides passenger service on 12 lines at total of 165 stations, some operated conjunction with Amtrak and Metro North. NJ Transit NJ Transit Rail Draft 2012 State Rail Plan
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Madison station (NJ Transit)
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Madison is a New Jersey Transit station in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morristown Line. The station was built in 1916 after the government passed an ordinance for $159,000 with the cooperation of the D. L. & W. R. R. in the planning of the depot, mrs. D. Willis James financed much of the road grading caused by the track elevation. The tracks were elevated through the downtown and no established roadways were hindered by crossing delays, weeping Mulberry trees were planted among the landscaping and in natural areas in the parking area. In 1984, the station was listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource
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Hackettstown station
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Hackettstown is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Hackettstown Station is the only active New Jersey Transit station in Warren County, the line from Hackettstown – Dover is diesel powered, requiring a transfer at Dover, Montclair State University or Newark Broad Street to an electrified train to New York Penn Station. Proposals exist of an extension of the Montclair-Boonton Line, including an extension to Washington, service west of Netcong station began in November 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Norfolk Southerns Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station near Waterloo Village, originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad serviced Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station built in 1868, Hackettstown Station was razed in the late 1960s after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966
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Summit station (NJ Transit)
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Summit is a train station located in Summit, New Jersey, which is served by New Jersey Transits Morris & Essex Lines. The station is located between Union Place on the north and Broad Street on the south, with access via either side. Constructed in 1904-05 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in an open cut. The Track 1 platform is accessible via the Station overpass or from the Station parking lot originating 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 destination to Hoboken Terminal. Trains going to New York Pennsylvania Station originate in Dover, as of 2009, Track 1 is mainly used for all trains going westbound. Track 2 and the Wall Track are currently used during the week for all trains going eastbound, 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 track near Summit station to ease turn-around of trains during rush hour. Given the current infrastructure, turn-around of trains in Summit clogs up a significant amount of track capacity, the new track will able to accommodate 12 car trains which will allow NJ Transit to increase capacity on New York and Hoboken bound trains. 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, on weekends and Holidays, Track 1 is not used. Currently, trains originating from Gladstone use Summit as a final destination and 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 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, the station waiting room has a small coffee and newspaper shop that is open at morning commute time and then through the afternoon rush hour. The station was renovated for the 2005 PGA Championship at the Baltusrol Golf Club in nearby Springfield. Status screens were installed on the platforms to show the next train, the screens are still present, but they have very rarely been in active use since the PGA Championship. During that time, buses were used as the connection to go to, the station has not only a small adjacent parking lot on its own property that slopes down from Union Place, but also a large lot just across Summit Avenue, accessible from Broad Street. In the 1990s, a parking garage was built on part of the Broad Street lot
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Hoboken Terminal
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Hoboken Terminal is one of the New York metropolitan areas major transportation hubs. The commuter-oriented intermodal facility is in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, Hoboken Terminal is wheelchair accessible, with high-level platforms for light rail and PATH services and portable lifts for commuter rail services. The site of the terminal has been used since colonial times to link Manhattan Island and it was long a ferry landing accessible via turnpike roads, and later plank roads. In 1811, the first steam-powered ferries began service under John Stevens, the coming of the railroads brought more and more travelers to the west bank of the Hudson River. At the peak, five passenger terminals were operated by competing railroad companies along the Hudson Waterfront, of these, Hoboken Terminal is the only one still in active use. Cuts and tunnels were constructed through Bergen Hill to the terminals on the west bank of the river, one of the Bergen Hill Tunnels under Jersey City Heights was opened in 1876 by the Morris and Essex Railroad. A parallel tunnel was added in 1908 by Delaware, Lackawanna, both are still used by NJ Transit. It resumed in 1989 on the side of the terminal. The Phoebe Snow was a passenger train that departed daily from the station. In 1956, four years before its merger with the DL&W to form the Erie Lackawanna Railway, the Erie Railroad began shifting its trains from its Jersey City terminal to Hoboken. In October 1965, on former Erie routes, there were five trains ran to Midvale. All those trains were dropped in 1966, trains to Chicago and Buffalo were discontinued on January 5,1970. Numerous streetcar lines, including the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway, originated/terminated at the station until bustitution was completed on August 7,1949, the station was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy on October 29,2012, with a 5 feet storm surge inundating the facility. The waiting room reopened in January 2013, while repairs were still in progress. On the morning of September 29,2016, an NJ Transit train crashed through a block and into the concourse of the station, killing one person. In 1930, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of an electric multiple unit train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair. One of the first installations of central air-conditioning in a space was at the station. PATH trains provide 24-hour service on three routes from an underground station located north of the surface platforms
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Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
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Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City. Serving more than 600,000 commuter rail and Amtrak passengers a day, Penn Station is in the midtown area of Manhattan, close to Herald Square, the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and the Macys department store. Entirely underground, it sits beneath Madison Square Garden, between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue and between 31st and 34th Streets, Penn Station has 21 tracks fed by seven tunnels. It is at the center of the Northeast Corridor, a rail line that connects New York City with Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. Intercity trains are operated by Amtrak, which owns the station, while rail services are operated by the Long Island Rail Road. Connections are available within the complex to the New York City Subway, additionally, if reopened, the old Hilton Corridor would recreate an indoor connection with Port Authority Trans-Hudson trains. The original Pennsylvania Station was built from 1901-1910 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, after a decline in passenger usage during the 1950s, the original station was demolished and reconstructed from 1963 to 1969, resulting in the current station. Pennsylvania Station is named for the Pennsylvania Railroad, its builder and original tenant, the current facility is the substantially remodeled underground remnant of a significantly more ornate station building designed by McKim, Mead, and White and completed in 1910. The original Pennsylvania Station was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style, the station was moved fully underground, beneath the newly constructed Pennsylvania Plaza complex and Madison Square Garden arena completed in 1968. Until the early 20th century, the PRRs rail network terminated on the side of the Hudson River at Exchange Place in Jersey City. Manhattan-bound passengers boarded ferries to cross the Hudson River for the stretch of their journey. The rival New York Central Railroads line ran down Manhattan from the north under Park Avenue, the development of the electric locomotive at the turn of the 20th century made a tunnel feasible. The station would sit in Manhattans Tenderloin district, a historical district known for its corruption and prostitution. Beginning in June 1903, the two single-track North River Tunnels were bored from the west under the Hudson River. Electrification was initially 600 volts DC–third rail, and later changed to 11,000 volts AC–overhead catenary when electrification of PRRs mainline was extended to Washington, D. C. in the early 1930s. The same tube, with an inscription indicating that it had displayed at the Exposition, was later installed under water. Construction was completed on the Hudson River tunnels on October 9,1906, meanwhile, ground was broken for Pennsylvania Station on May 1,1904. Along with Long Island Rail Road trains, Penn Station saw trains of the New Haven and the Lehigh Valley Railroads
