Lyndhurst station

Lyndhurst
The Lyndhurst station, facing northbound towards the Lyndhurst Drawbridge in January 2015.
Coordinates	40°48′59″N 74°07′27″W / 40.8163°N 74.1242°WCoordinates: 40°48′59″N 74°07′27″W / 40.8163°N 74.1242°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	572 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Rebuilt	1928[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	841 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Delawanna toward Suffern Main Line Kingsland toward Hoboken Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Delawanna toward Denville Boonton Branch Kingsland toward Hoboken

Lyndhurst is a New Jersey Transit rail station located off of New York Avenue in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The station is one of two in Lyndhurst, the other being Kingsland Station. The Lyndhurst Station is located at milepost 8.2 on the Main Line.

History

Formerly part of the Lackawanna Boonton Branch, the brick station was built 1928 to replace an older wood facility. The historic station is part of the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Boonton Line Historic District (ID#4895),^[3]

Renovation plans and proposals

On June 22, 2010, the town of Lyndhurst put forward a proposal to buy the station depots at both Lyndhurst and sister Kingsland stations. The mayor of Lyndhurst, Richard DiLascio, said that the stations have seen better days and New Jersey Transit has no interest in renovating both buildings, rather selling both at a fee to the town of Lyndhurst. As of 2012, the station building was unoccupied. The town of Lyndhurst has requested that NJT lease the building to the municipality so that it might be renovated and brought into use as a way to revitalize the immediate vicinity.^[4]

During the summer of 2011 the Lyndhurst station went under some minor renovations, including new stair supports and a new roof over a portion of the southern (eastbound) platform. In August 2012 NJT announced that the $2.5 million would be spent to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). It also stated funding for a total renovation costing approximately $26 million had been identified, but that the plan was in preliminary stages.^[5]

According to NJT, there are plans to renovate the historic station and make it ADA compliant at cost estimated in 2014 to be $22million, though as of July 2014 there were no design or construction contracts. There are two lengthy flights of wooden stairs to reach both the eastbound and westbound tracks, the platforms of which are particularly low and in state of disrepair. Work would include raising the platforms and making the station house accessible.^[6]

Lyndhurst Station facing south

Station layout

	■ Main Line	toward Suffern (Delawanna)
	■ Port Jervis Line	no stop
	■ Main Line	toward Hoboken (Kingsland)
	■ Port Jervis Line	no stop

References

1. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 749. ISBN 0-9603398-3-3.
2. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
4. Grant, Meghan (January 10, 2013). "Lyndhurst still seeks to lease 2 train stations". The South Bergenite. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
5. http://www.northjersey.com/news/219719141_Lyndhurst_train_station_gets__2_5_million_for_improvements.html?c=y&page=1
6. Phaoln, Joe. "Improvements coming to Lyndhurst station, but not Kingsland". South Bergenite. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

External links

Media related to Lyndhurst (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Court Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View