Towaco station

Towaco
The Towaco station platform in September 2013, facing eastbound along the Montclair–Boonton Line. The shelter for buses can be seen to the right.
General information
Coordinates40°55′23″N 74°20′36″W / 40.9230°N 74.3434°W / 40.9230; -74.3434
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections NJT Bus: 871
Lakeland: 46
(limited Lakeland service)
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone11
History
OpenedSeptember 12, 1870 (freight service)
December 14, 1870 (passenger service)
Rebuilt19101911, 2000
Previous namesWhitehall (1905)
Passengers
202448 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Boonton Montclair–Boonton Line
limited service
Lincoln Park
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Montville
toward Dover
Boonton Branch Lincoln Park
toward Hoboken
Location

Towaco is a station on NJ Transit's Montclair–Boonton Line located between U.S. Route 202 and Whitehall Road in the eponymous neighborhood of Montville Township, Morris County, New Jersey. The station opened as Whitehall in 1870 along the Boonton Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and assumed its current name in 1905.