Grove Street was a NJ Transit station in East Orange, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, along the Morris & Essex Lines. The station was first built in 1901 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W), and opened to the public in 1903. Service on the direct site began on November 19th, 1836 (when the Morris & Essex Railroad and its service between Newark and Orange launched), though no main station complex was built until 1901.
The station was originally designated as "East Orange" when it opened, though would be renamed to Grove Street when the city of East Orange split from the city of Orange in 1863. In turn, neighboring station Orange Junction was given the East Orange designation. The original building was reconstructed into a two-story complex after the DL&W elevated tracking through East Orange in 1922. Due to low ridership and structural deterioration, NJ Transit discontinued rail service to Grove Street on April 7, 1991, alongside Ampere station (also in East Orange)."NJ Transit train times revised", Courier-News, April 7, 1991. Accessed December 24, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Passengers traveling from the Ampere Station on the Montclair branch and the Grove Street Station on the Morristown Line are reminded that service to these stations will be discontinued effective today.." The entire station was demolished in 1995.
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