Lyndhurst station

Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst station in January 2015.
General information
Coordinates	40°48′59″N74°07′27″W / 40.8163°N 74.1242°W / 40.8163; -74.1242
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	572 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	September 12, 1870 (freight service) [1] December 14, 1870 (passenger service) [2]
Rebuilt	1928 [3]
Key dates
November 30, 1972	Northern station depot razed [4]
Passengers
2012	841 (average weekday) [5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Delawanna toward Suffern Main Line Kingsland toward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Delawanna toward Dover Boonton Branch Kingsland toward Hoboken
Location

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

The Boonton Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was first constructed as a freight bypass of the Morris and Essex Railroad in 1868. This was constructed due to the lack of freight along its passenger lines and stretched from the Denville station to Hoboken Terminal via Boonton and Paterson. ^[6]

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), ^[7]

Renovation

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. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

The new Lyndhurst station under construction in August 2023

According to NJT, there are plans to renovate the historic station and make it ADA compliant at cost estimated in 2014 to be $22 million, 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. ^[10]

As of March 6, 2019, plans have been finalized to renovate the station building and platforms by the town of Lyndhurst and New Jersey Transit. The plans include new protected waiting areas, new ticketing locations and better ADA-accepted access to the platform, and will cost $22 million. ^[11]

NJ Transit announced on September 9, 2020, that a $18.5 million contract was approved for the new Lyndhurst station. The new station will be designed to "replicate the historic style of the Lyndhurst neighborhood" and will be located south of the present station, at Delafield Avenue and Court Avenue. ^[12]

Station layout

The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.

Bibliography

• Lyon, Isaac S. (1873). Historical Discourse on Boonton, Delivered Before the Citizens of Boonton at Washington Hall, on the Evenings of September 21 and 28, and October 5, 1867. Newark, New Jersey: The Daily Journal Office. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

References

1. Arch, Brad (January 1982). "The Morris and Essex Railroad" (PDF). Journal of New Jersey Postal History Society. X (1): 4–8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. Lyon 1873, p. 55.
3. Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1981). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 2. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. p. 749. ISBN   0-9603398-3-3.
4. Archer, Barbara (December 4, 1972). "Lyndhurst Station Gone". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. pp. B1–B2 . Retrieved April 23, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
6. Van Valen, James M. (1900). History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York, New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 421. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
7. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
8. Grant, Meghan (January 10, 2013). "Lyndhurst still seeks to lease 2 train stations". The South Bergenite. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
9. http://www.northjersey.com/news/219719141_Lyndhurst_train_station_gets__2_5_million_for_improvements.html?c=y&page=1 ^{[ dead link ]}
10. Phaoln, Joe (July 3, 2014). "Improvements coming to Lyndhurst station, but not Kingsland". South Bergenite. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
11. Canessa, Kevin (March 6, 2019). "Train To The Future". The Observer Online.
12. "NJ Transit Advances Construction of New Lyndhurst Train Station". NJ Transit. September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

External links

Media related to Lyndhurst (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Court Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View