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Summit is a train station in Summit, New Jersey, served by New Jersey Transit's Morris & Essex Lines (the Gladstone Branch and Morristown Line). The station sits between Union Place on the north and Broad Street on the south, with station access via either side, and between Summit Avenue on the east and Maple Avenue on the west. Constructed in 1904-05 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in a mile-long open cut, it is one of the few NJ Transit stations with platforms below street level.Station layout and servicesThere are two platforms and three tracks: Track 1, Track 2, and Track 3, the last, on the Broad Street side, more commonly referred to as the "Wall Track". The Track 1 platform (on the north side) is accessible via the station overpass or from the station parking lot at street level from Union Place near Summit Avenue. Track 2 and the Wall Track are accessible only via the station overpass to a shared platform. In the early morning hours, trains on the Gladstone Branch originate at Gladstone Station with a final destination to Hoboken Terminal. Trains going to New York Pennsylvania Station (New York Penn Station) originate in Dover. As of 2009, Track 1 is mainly used for all trains going westbound (Dover or Gladstone). Track 2 and the Wall Track are currently used during the week (Monday to Friday) for all trains going eastbound (New York or Hoboken final stops). The Wall Track is mainly used by the Gladstone Branch, though under certain circumstances, Track 2 and the Wall Track are shared by both lines.