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
Kingsland is a railroad station on New Jersey Transit's Main Line (NJ Transit), Main Line. It is located under Ridge Road (New Jersey Route 17, Route 17) between New York and Valley Brook Avenues in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, and is one of two s ...
. The Lyndhurst station is located at milepost 8.2 on the
Main Line
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History
The
Boonton Branch
The Boonton Branch refers to the railroad line in New Jersey that was completed in 1870 and ran 34 miles (54.8 km) from Hoboken to East Dover Junction as part of the Morris & Essex Railroad (M&E). Although the branch hosted commuter trains ...
of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey (and by ferry with New York City), a distance of . Incorporated in ...
was first constructed as a freight bypass of the
Morris & Essex Railroad
The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
History
The M&E was incorporated January 29, 1835, to build a line from Newark in Essex Co ...
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
Boonton is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 (+5.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,347, which in turn reflected a decline of 149 (− ...
and
Paterson.
Formerly part of the Lackawanna
Boonton Branch
The Boonton Branch refers to the railroad line in New Jersey that was completed in 1870 and ran 34 miles (54.8 km) from Hoboken to East Dover Junction as part of the Morris & Essex Railroad (M&E). Although the branch hosted commuter trains ...
, 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),
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
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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.
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
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(ADA). It also stated funding for a total renovation costing approximately $26 million had been identified, but that the plan was in preliminary stages.
![Lyndhurst Station construction](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Lyndhurst_Station_construction.jpg)
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.
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.
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.
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a low-level
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
.
Bibliography
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References
External links
Court Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Lyndhurst, New Jersey
NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1870
Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations
1870 establishments in New Jersey