Greendell Station

Greendell Station was constructed by the Lackawanna Railroad in 1911 and was originally named Greensville. Located along the Lackawanna Railroad’s Lackawanna Cutoff, Greendell Station was abandoned in the 1930’s. Greendell Station was one of three train stations constructed along the Lackawanna Cutoff. The station is in rural Sussex County at milepost 57.60 along the railroad.

While passenger trains continued under the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, they did not stop at Greendell Station. Freight trains continued to roar past the old depot as it fell into disrepair. With the formation of Conrail on April 1, 1976, the station continued to fall into further ruins and eventually the freight trains stopped running and the railroad tracks were then removed. 

In the early 2000’s Johnsonburg Station was razed and with that in mind The Lackawanna Cutoff Historical Committee was formed to save and restore Greendell Station. The LCHC is a 501(C) 3 organization and has plans to restore Greendell into a museum featuring railroad memorabilia and Sussex County farming items which would have been used in the early 20th century.