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Millburn
Dover-bound train stopping at Millburn in 2008
General information
Location	35 Essex Street (CR 527), Millburn, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 70
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	September 17, 1837 (preliminary trip) September 28, 1837 (regular service)
Rebuilt	November 1986–1987
Electrified	December 18, 1930
Key dates
November–December 1986	Station depot razed
Passengers
2017	1,837 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] NJ Transit Following station Short Hillstoward Gladstone Gladstone Branchweekdays Maplewoodtoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken Short Hillstoward Hackettstown Morristown Line
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Short Hillstoward Buffalo Main Line Maplewoodtoward Hoboken
Location

Millburn is a New Jersey Transit station in Millburn, New Jersey along the Morristown and Gladstone lines.

History

The Millburn station predates the town's formal incorporation and in fact dates back to 1837. It was one of the original stations served by the original Morris and Essex Railroad.

In 1837, the first steam locomotive to run along the M&E line made its trial run to Millburn (called "Millville" in that year). Unhappily, that particular excursion ended in tragedy as the train, in push mode for the return trip, derailed near Newark Broad Street Station, with two fatalities.

However, rail service eastward to Newark, and westward to Dover, proved a boon to the town—so much so that local historians credit the railroad as the chief impetus for Millburn's incorporation as a separate municipality in 1857.

The former station building, constructed in 1906-07, was demolished in 1986.

Station layout and facility

Millburn station contains two low-level side platforms, and offers a ticket office on the outbound platform that is open during morning rush hour. The station also has a single ticket vending machine located outside next to the ticket office. Millburn station contains four public parking lots, maintained by Millburn Township. Lot 1 is located at the junction of Glen Avenue and Lackawanna Place, containing 325 spaces and four handicap spaces. Parking is permit for residents and free after 6:00 p.m. Lot 3 is also at Glen and Lackawanna, containing 114 spaces and four handicap accessible spots. Lot 4 is at the junction of Essex and Main Street with 97 spots and one of which is accessible. Lot 5 contains the last 40, with three extra spots for the handicapped.

Millburn station, along with the next station at Short Hills are both in NJ Transit's fare zone 7.

Bibliography

• Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
• Walker, Herbert T. (1902). "Early History of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and its Locomotives - Part 2: The Morris and Essex Railroad". Railroad Gazette. 34. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

References

1. "Morris and Essex is Seventy-Nine Years Old". The Madison Eagle. June 16, 1916. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
2. Walker 1902, p. 409.
3. Douglass 1912, p. 339.
4. "Plan Board Gives Final OK to Station Project". The Item of Millburn and Short Hills. Millburn, New Jersey. November 13, 1986. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
5. "Lackawanna Electric Train Gets Ovations". The Paterson Morning Call. December 19, 1930. p. 34. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
6. "Down and Out". The Item of Millburn and Short Hills. Millburn, New Jersey. December 5, 1986. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
7. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
8. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
9. Meisner, Marian. A History of Millburn Township. Millburn, NJ: Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society and Millburn Free Public Library, 2002 (e-book).
10. "Down and Out". The Item of Millburn and Short Hills. Millburn, New Jersey. December 5, 1986. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
11. "Millburn Station". njtransit.com. Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
12. "Morris & Essex Lines Timetable as of November 10, 2024" (PDF). njtransit.com. Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. November 10, 2024. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

External links

• entrance from parking lot from Google Maps Street View

• Millburn, New Jersey
• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1837
• Railway stations in Essex County, New Jersey
• Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations
• 1837 establishments in New Jersey