Port Jervis station is a

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stop on the Metro-North Railroad's

Port Jervis Line The Port Jervis Line is a predominantly single-track commuter rail line running between Suffern and Port Jervis, in the U.S. state of New York. At Suffern, the line continues south into New Jersey as NJ Transit's Main Line. The line is operate ...

, located in

Port Jervis, New York Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, ...

. It is the western terminus of the Port Jervis Line. Located slightly off

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and 209 in downtown Port Jervis, it is the westernmost station in the Metro-North system. It is two blocks from the bridge over the Delaware River to

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, which produces some regular commuters. The northwestern tip of

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, also not far away, draws riders as well.

Station layout

The station consists of a short concrete platform, a shelter, ticket machines, and a posted schedule. Renovations to the station were completed and a ribbon cutting was held on October 4, 2021; a high level platform was built and opened on August 10, 2021. There is ample parking. The vicinity of the station contains a

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just beyond (the tracks continue upriver, but only carry

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beyond here) and various features of the once extensive facilities that existed here when it was a division point on the

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, including a still-working

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, used when

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s operate from the station. There is also an EMD E8A locomotive, No. 833, stored at Port Jervis, painted in original Erie paint. The station has two tracks and a high level

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with a pathway connecting the platform to the bypass tracks. File:NJ Transit at PJ.jpg, Station sign File:Port Jervis, NY, train station from across tracks.jpg, Original platform in 2015 File:Temporary Port Jervis Platform, View 1.jpg, Side view of the temporary platform File:New Port Jervis Station.jpg, New platform under construction

Erie Depot

A short distance down the tracks from the station is the Erie Depot, which served as the city's passenger station for much of the 20th century. Built by the

in 1892, when passenger service continued on to Binghamton, it remained in service through the mid-1970s. In 1982 it was

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, and today, it houses medical offices and some small shops.

References

External links

Station from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Port Jervis (Metro-North Station) Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state) Railway stations in Orange County, New York Port Jervis, New York U.S. Route 6 NJ Transit Rail Operations stations