Bay Head station

Bay Head
Bay Head station in July 2010.
Location	Osborne Avenue Bay Head, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°04′34″N 74°02′47″W / 40.07611°N 74.04639°WCoordinates: 40°04′34″N 74°02′47″W / 40.07611°N 74.04639°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Station code	23
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	200 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Terminus North Jersey Coast Line Point Pleasant Beach toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Terminus New York and Long Branch Railroad Point Pleasant Beach toward New York City or Exchange Place Mantoloking toward Camden Camden – Long Branch Point Pleasant Beach toward Long Branch

Bay Head is a railway station in Bay Head, New Jersey. This station is served by trains on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, and it is the southern terminus for the line. The rail yard contains 33 acres (13 ha) of wetland inside the loop formed by the tracks used to turn around the trains.^[2] The rail yard borders Twilight Lake. Parking is free at the Bay Head station although the lot is only about a fourth of the size of the lot at the next station, Point Pleasant Beach. Parking at Point Pleasant Beach Station requires payment.^[3]

This station is not listed as accessible by New Jersey Transit. Passengers must use the train stairs to climb up to the cars or descend to street level. There is no ramp or platform to aid the handicapped in boarding. Weekend ridership to the Bay Head station rises during the summer as beachgoing vacationers take the train to the beach.^[4] In May 2011, ticket vending machines were installed next to the station building at Bay Head.

Station layout

	■ North Jersey Coast Line	toward New York or Hoboken (Point Pleasant Beach)
	■ North Jersey Coast Line	no passenger service

References

1. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
2. Bay Head planning to fight state's rail yard plan in court. Asbury Park Press. Nina Rizzo. June 25, 2002.
3. Ordinance will set train station parking fees. Asbury Park Press. Tristan J. Schweiger. April 15, 2007.
4. 'Benny' or not, here they come, Natives grin and share the weekly trip to Shore. Ana M. Alaya. The Star-Ledger. July 1, 2005.

External links

Media related to Bay Head (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons