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{{Short description|NJ Transit rail station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox Station
 | name                       = Mount Tabor
 | style                      = NJ Transit
 | image                      = Mount Tabor Station - September 2014.jpg
 | image_caption              = Mount Tabor station in September 2014 facing Morris Plains-bound. Station Road is visible to the right side.
 | address                    = Station Road near [[New Jersey Route 53|Route&nbsp;53]]<br>[[Mount Tabor, New Jersey]]
 | coordinates                = {{Coord|40|52|33|N|74|28|55|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}
 | line                       = 
 | other                      = '''[[New Jersey Transit Bus Operations|NJT Bus]]''': [[List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (800-880)|880]]
 | platform                   = 1 side platform
 | levels                     = 
 | tracks                     = 2
 | parking                    = Yes
 | bicycle                    = Yes
| passengers = 11 (average weekday)<ref name="ridership">{{cite report|url=https://archive.org/details/njt-boarding-data-q-1-2025-1|title=Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019&ndash;2025|publisher=[[NJ Transit]]|date=2025|accessdate=June 1, 2025|via=[[Internet Archive]]|location=[[Newark, New Jersey]]}}</ref>
| pass_year = 2024
 | pass_percent               = 
 | pass_system                = 
 | opened                     = 1881
 | closed                     = 
 | rebuilt                    = May 1, 1902<ref name=taber>{{Taber-DLW-20th-2|page=753}}</ref>
 | years1                     = June 15, 1971
 | events1                    = Station depot razed<ref name="1971demo" />
 | electrified                = January&nbsp;22, 1931<ref>{{cite news |title=Electric Line Finished |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69037680/dover-electric-january-22-1931/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=[[The Bergen Record|The Bergen Evening Record]] |date=January 22, 1931 |location=[[Hackensack, New Jersey]] |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
 | accessible                 = 
 | code                       = 436 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)<ref name="dlwnumbers2">{{cite report |title=List of Station Numbers  |work=[[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] |date=1952 |page=2}}</ref>
 | owned                      = New Jersey Transit
 | zone                       = 16
 | former                     = 
 | services                   = {{Adjacent stations|system=NJ Transit|line=Morristown|note-mid1=limited service| left=Denville|right=Morris Plains}}
 | other_services_header      = Former services
 | other_services_collapsible = yes
 | other_services             = {{Adjacent stations|system=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad|line=main|left=Denville|right=Morris Plains}}
 | mpassengers                = 
 | mapframe                   = yes
 | mapframe-zoom              = 13
}}

'''Mount Tabor''' is a [[New Jersey Transit]] station in [[Denville, New Jersey]] along the [[Morristown Line]] just west of the small community of [[Mount Tabor, New Jersey|Mount Tabor]] in [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey]]. The station consists of one small side platform and 48 parking spaces for commuters. One of these parking spaces is [[Disability|handicap]]ped-accessible.

== History ==
The first station at Mount Tabor was originally built by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] on August 19, 1881 under the supervision of a man from Newark named John Scannell.<ref name="ioa">{{cite book|author=Mount Tabor Historical Society|title=Images of America: Mount Tabor|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=[[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina]]|year=2007|page=16|isbn=978-0-7385-5010-7}}</ref> The station depot was razed on June 15, 1971 after falling into a state of disrepair.<ref name="1971demo">{{cite news |title=No Shelter for Tabor Commuters |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29137084/tabor_razed_june_17_1971/ |access-date=March 5, 2019 |work=The Herald-News |date=June 17, 1971 |location=[[Passaic, New Jersey]] |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

==Station layout==
[[File:Mount Tabor Station, 1881.JPG|250px|left|thumb|The original Mount Tabor DL&W station in 1881.]]
The station has two tracks with a low-level [[side platform]] on Track 1. Access from the platform to Track 2 is provided via a walkway over the tracks, though not all trains stop at this station.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:NJ Transit Rail Operations stations]]
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[[Category:Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Morris County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in New Jersey]]


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