Morris & Essex Railroad Company Stations: Broad Street corner Division Street: November 19, 1836 - after 1884 Photos Do you have a photo of this Business? If so please email me.

The Morris & Essex Railroad Company was incorporated on January 29, 1835 and the line was opened on November 19, 1836.  The New Jersey Railroad provided connecting service from Newark to Jersey City. The line originated at the foot of Centre Street and the Passaic River, running west along Centre Street and then north on Broad Street until turning west where the current tracks are.

The Delaware, Lacawanna & Western Railroad purchased the Morris & Essex Railroad on December 10, 1868.

From the 1871 Newark City Directory:

Extending from New York to Easton, Pa., 83 miles, passing through Newark, Orange, South Orange, Millburn, Summit, Chatham, Madison, Morristown, Morris Plains, Denville, Rockaway, Dover, Drakesville, Stanhope, Waterloo, Hackettstown, Washington, Broadway, Stewartsville and Phillipsburg.

From "Newark and Its Leading Businessmen" 1891

The Morris and Essex Railroad was constructed in 1835 and originally extended only from Morristown to the Meadows in Harrison where it connected with the New Jersey Railroad Company over which road passengers were carried to New York. In subsequent years the road was extended beyond Morristown to Easton and in 1860 it was extended from Newark to Hoboken, and the tunnel through Bergen Hill was built. The road has been leased for many years to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, who are now operating it, as well as the Bloomfield Branch, and have made many improvements.