Pompton Plains Railroad Station

POMPTON PLAINS
The Pompton Plains Railroad Station viewed from the track side in July 2017.
Location	33 Evans Place, Pequannock Township, New Jersey 07444
Owned by	Montclair Railway (1872 – 1878) New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad (1896 – 1943) Erie Railroad (1943–1960) Erie-Lackawanna Railway (1960–1966) Township of Pequannock (2010–present)
Line(s)	New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	1779
History
Opened	1872; 145 years ago (1872)
Closed	October 3, 1966; 50 years ago (October 3, 1966)
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station Pequannock toward Pavonia Terminal New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad Pompton-Riverdale toward Sterling Forest
Pompton Plains Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Pequannock Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°58′14″N 74°17′36″W / 40.97056°N 74.29333°W / 40.97056; -74.29333Coordinates: 40°58′14″N 74°17′36″W / 40.97056°N 74.29333°W / 40.97056; -74.29333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1872
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	08000136
Added to NRHP	March 5, 2008

Pompton Plains Railroad Station, is located in Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 2008. The station serves as the Pequannock Township Museum and was restored in 2010.

James R. Evans was the station agent from the 1870s to turn of the 20th century. Regular passenger train service for the train station ended in 1963, although shuttles from Mountain View remained until 1966. Freight service to the station continued into the 1980s.

More recently, the station building was used as a clothing consignment shop, and later as a State Farm insurance office.