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Convent Station is a
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rail station on the
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. It is located on the grounds of
Saint Elizabeth University Saint Elizabeth University (SEU) (formerly College of Saint Elizabeth) is a private Catholic, coeducational, four-year, liberal arts university in Morris Township, New Jersey. Portions of the campus are also in Florham Park. SEU has 25 unde ...
in Convent Station, Morris Township, New Jersey. The station first opened in 1867. A small wooden structure was built in 1876 and called Convent Station. The existing station house, built in 1913–1914, has two side platforms, with the station house on the eastbound platform. A ticket office and waiting room is open weekdays. On the westbound track a brick waiting house stands. A former freight station is on the eastbound side. The main driveway into the college is located at a
level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...
at the east end of the platform. Nearby are several office complexes, including the headquarters of
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to the north and
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at
Giralda Farms Giralda Farms was the estate of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge in Madison, New Jersey Madison is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 16,937. Located along the Mor ...
to the east. The Traction Line Recreation Trail, formerly a line of the Morris County Traction Company, runs along the northeastern side of the line.


Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
.


See also

* List of NJ Transit railroad stations *
Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey) The Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource is a list of 53 New Jersey Transit stations in New Jersey entered into the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for their architectural, ...


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External links

* NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Railway stations in Morris County, New Jersey Railway stations in the United States opened in 1867 Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations 1867 establishments in New Jersey Railway stations in New Jersey at university and college campuses {{NewJersey-railstation-stub