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Suffern
The station at Suffern, looking north along the tracks toward Nordkop Mountain.
General information
Location2 Ramapo Avenue & Chestnut Street, Suffern, New York
Coordinates41°06′50″N 74°09′14″W / 41.113972°N 74.153894°W / 41.113972; -74.153894
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Metro-North Railroad:
  Port Jervis Line

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Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Transport of Rockland: 59, 93, Monsey Loop 3, Tappan ZEExpress
(2 blocks north on Chestnut Street)
Intercity Bus Short Line Bus: 17M/MD/SF
Other information
Station code2501 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone14[2]
History
Opened1941
Passengers
2012830 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station   NJT   Following station
TerminusTemplate:NJT lines
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MNRR
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Erie
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(freight only)
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Suffern is a train station in Suffern, New York, United States, controlled by New Jersey Transit[4] and also used by the Metro-North Railroad. Metro-North's Port Jervis Line joins New Jersey Transit's Main Line at this station. These two lines offer service (usually one-seat) from Port Jervis to Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City via Secaucus Junction. Most trains arriving from Port Jervis and headed to New York/Hoboken during rush-hour do not make any stops between Suffern and Secaucus, though a few also stop at Ramsey Route 17 and Ridgewood on the way. The same is true of trains coming back in the evening rush-hour.

The current station was built in 1941 by the Erie Railroad and replaced an older station near the site of the current New York State Thruway overpass. That older station, built in 1887, was demolished in 1941 when the new station was built. A Wells Fargo Express Mail depot built in 1908 occupies the site and is now a museum.[5]

Suffern is the only station used by New Jersey Transit in New York that does not have Metro North-styled signage trackside, instead employing NJT's black and white signs.

Station layout

  ■ Main Line termination track
■ Bergen County Line termination track
■ Port Jervis Line toward Port Jervis (Sloatsburg)
  ■ Main Line toward Hoboken (Mahwah)
■ Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Mahwah)
■ Port Jervis Line toward Hoboken (Ramsey Route 17) limited service: (Mahwah)

References

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Main and Bergen County Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Saeed, Khurram (April 19, 2007). "NJ Transit approves 10 percent fare hike". The Journal News. p. A.5.
  5. ^ "Historical Marker in front of building".

Media related to Suffern (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

The former Suffern Erie Railroad Station location on the Piermont Branch.
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