NJ Transit rail station
The station at Millington, seen from across the tracks.
Location 1931 Long Hill Road,
Long Hill Township, New Jersey 07946 Platforms 1 low-level
side platform Tracks 1 Parking 114 spaces on Old Mill Road Station code 710 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)
[1] Fare zone 14
[2] Opened January 29, 1872
[3] Rebuilt 1901
[4] Electrified January 6, 1931
[5] July 1, 1981 Station agency closed
[6] 2017 131 (average weekday)
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Millington Station
Millington station in 1907
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40°40′25″N 74°31′24.5″W / 40.67361°N 74.523472°W / 40.67361; -74.523472 NRHP reference
No.
84002767
[9] NJRHP
No. 2138
[10] Added to NRHP June 22, 1984 Designated NJRHP March 17, 1984
Millington is a
NJ Transit station in the
Millington section of
Long Hill Township in
Morris County, New Jersey , United States, located at the intersection of Oaks Road and Division Avenue. It is served by the
Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines, and is one of three stops in
Long Hill Township .
History
This station opened on January 29, 1872.
[3] The
station building of stone-masonry construction was built in 1901 by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and houses the Millington Station Cafe. In 1984, it 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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Station facilities and layout
The station platform at Millington
The station has one low-level asphalt
side platform that is not accessible under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . No buses serve the station, which does not have a station shelter except for the canopy. A 114-space parking lot owned by Long Hill Township is located south of the station. The spaces are permit-only on weekdays and evenings and are free on weekends. The station also has a single
ticket machine and bicycle racks.
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See also
References
^ List of Station Numbers.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
^
"Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF) . Newark, New Jersey:
New Jersey Transit Rail Operations . November 7, 2010. Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010 .
^
a
b Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972).
"100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived" . The Bernardsville News . p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Closing of Millington RR Station Brings Suggestions For Its Use" . The Bernardsville News . July 16, 1981. p. 12. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run" .
The Plainfield Courier-News . January 7, 1931. pp. 1,
13 . Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCrae, Sharon (July 16, 1981).
"Closing of Millington RR Station Brings Suggestions For Its Use" . The Echoes-Sentinel .
Stirling, New Jersey . pp. 1,
20 . Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^
"QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF) . New Jersey Transit. Archived from
the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013 .
^
"How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?" . Hoboken Patch . Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
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b
"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . April 15, 2008.
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"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places" .
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015 .
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Millington New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
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Monmouth County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
^ Thomas, Gwendolyn (1984).
"Long Hill Township 1984 Historic Guide" .
Long Hill Township, New Jersey : Long Hill Township Historical Society. Archived from
the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2011 .
^
"National Register of Historic Places Listings in Morris County" .
Washington D.C. : National Park Service. 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011 . [
permanent dead link ]
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"Station and Parking Info - Millington" . Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit. 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011 .
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