NJ Transit Dover Station

Newark Penn train Station is crowded with homeless people walking around begging for money and food. If NJ transit isn’t going to clean up the place they should at least feed their house guest.

Not a train on time since 2005. If any private company sucked this much, they would have been out of business long ago.

It can be kind of hard to figure out the parking situation at first glance, and a bathroom would gggggreatly be appreciated, but it’s a damn train station, not a case study in hospitality management.
Also, not the best town to be waiting around in by yourself so be aware of the area, and do your best to have your friends/​family pick you up within a reasonable window of time.
The Denville station a stop earlier has fewer characters, and Morristown, Madison are even better. You’ll be fine, but hey just be aware.

This is a small, old train station that is a pretty interesting building. They have a plaque on the front of the station that gives a bit of the history of the place. Next door, attached to the station is/​was a bar/​café but I’m not sure if it’s still in business because it was closed and looked like it had been for a while.
This station is pretty much the end of the line for the NJ Transit that comes from NYC and goes through the Broad Street Station, Newark.
What I found annoying was that we were heading back towards Newark from here on a cold December morning during the day time and the station was CLOSED! Why the heck is a train station closed in the middle of the day!!! So of course you have to stand outside freezing your butt off AND I couldn’t buy a ticket. Sure you can get them on the platform from the machine but I am retired military and NJT offers a military discount. The machine does not have that option. Bummer.

The Dover Station has gone through some upgrades over the last few years that has really made it a great station. This includes a better parking lot and automated ticket kiosks.
A great place to start your journey into NYC and at a fair price.

I’m a fan of the Dover station:
— Cheap parking
— No nonsense but not jerk attendants
— Always get a good seat
— Not a lot of douchebags on the platform
— Multiple gas stations nearby
— Close to 15 and 80