Otisville station
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Otisville | |||||||||||||||
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 Hoboken-bound train arriving at Otisville station. | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Kelley Hill Road, just off NY 211 Otisville, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°28′19″N 74°31′51″W / 41.4720°N 74.5308°W | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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The Otisville station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, serving the community of Otisville and the town of Mount Hope in Orange County, New York.
It is located a short distance off NY 211 near the eastern village line. The station has long been among the least developed on the Metro-North system, with a shelter on the bare concrete low-level platform but no roof, and minimal parking. However, as of 2006[update] the MTA, Metro-North's governing body, has addressed at least the last and built a new 104 space parking lot across the street.
A short distance west of the station, trains enter the mile-long (1.6-km) Otisville Tunnel under the Shawangunk Ridge, the longest in the Metro-North system and one of only two outside of the city. There is a long siding beginning just west of the station that allows trains to wait if one is coming through the tunnel. As a result, Otisville is technically a double-tracked station. When trains coming from the other direction are approaching, in fact, one will board on the siding via a wooden platform on the tracks (see photo).
Station layout
This station has two tracks and a low-level side platform with a pathway connecting the platform to the bypass track.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Bypass track | ← Port Jervis Line toward Port Jervis (Terminus) Port Jervis Line toward Hoboken (Middletown – Town of Wallkill) → |
| Platform track | ← Port Jervis Line toward Port Jervis (Terminus) Port Jervis Line toward Hoboken (Middletown – Town of Wallkill) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Street level | Ticket machine and parking | |