| Hackettstown | |||||||||||
| Style: | NJ Transit | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking: | Hourly and reserved | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 85 (average weekday)[1] [2] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2017 | ||||||||||
| Opened: | January 16, 1854 (Morris and Essex Railroad)[3] October 31, 1994 (NJ Transit)[4] | ||||||||||
| Closed: | September 30, 1966[5] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1868 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Owned: | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Zone: | 19 | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Hackettstown station is a New Jersey Transit station in Hackettstown, New Jersey. It is the western terminal of the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, with limited service on both routes. The station has one low-level side platform with a mini-high platform for accessibility.
Originally, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) served Hackettstown with a large station in downtown Hackettstown for its Old Main alignment. The large wooden station was a Type W-2 station (from DL&W railroad documents) built in 1868. Hackettstown station was razed in the late 1960s[6] after passenger service on most Erie-Lackawanna Railroad branches terminated in October 1966.[7]
Service west of Netcong station began on October 31, 1994, with an extension of the Boonton Line westward along Conrail's Washington Secondary. The station was opened along with Mount Olive station[8] near Waterloo Village and the International Trade Center in the namesake township.
In 2023, NJ Transit purchased the Washington Secondary track from Netcong station to Hackettstown. Norfolk Southern retained an exclusive freight easement.[9] [10]