Pearl River station
Pearl River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 35 South Main Street (at Central Avenue) Pearl River, NY 10965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit (leased to Metro-North Railroad) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "NJT color" does not exist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Transport of Rockland: 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 801 (Erie Railroad)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pearl River is a railroad station in Pearl River, New York. It serves NJ Transit and Metro-North Railroad trains on the Pascack Valley Line. It is located at 35 South Main Street between West Central Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. Pearl River is the last station in New York, heading from Spring Valley towards Hoboken Terminal. The land donated for the station came from Julius Braunsdorf, a local entrepreneur, who won a lawsuit against the Singer Corporation. Braunsdorf opened Central Avenue, the local post office, and the railroad station. Known as Muddy Brook, Braunsdorf suggested the hamlet be renamed for the pearls in the local river.[3] Braunsdorf built originally two facilities at Pearl River, but some time after 1880, these were merged into one structure.[4]
This line runs to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, NY Waterway ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.
Station layout
The station has one track and one low-level side platform.
Like many Metro-North stations east of the Hudson, permit parking is operated by LAZ Parking. Pearl River's parking lot accommodates 170 vehicles.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Street level | Ticket machines, parking |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Track 1 | ← Pascack Valley Line (and Metro-North Express) toward Spring Valley (Nanuet) Pascack Valley Line toward Hoboken (Montvale) → Metro-North Express toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) → | |
Bibliography
- Cassetta, James Vincent (2014). Images of America: Pearl River. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467121552.
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References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Cassetta 2014, p. 7.
- ^ Cassetta 2014, p. 7–8.
- ^ Cassetta 2014, p. 11.
External links
Media related to Pearl River (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons
- MTA station information for Pearl River
- Pearl River Station (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
- Station from Central Avenue from Google Maps Street View
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
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