Port Jervis station is a
commuter rail stop on the
Metro-North Railroad
Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State public benefit corporations, public authority of the U.S. state of New Yor ...
's
Port Jervis Line, located in
Port Jervis, New York. It is the western terminus of the Port Jervis Line.
Located slightly off
US 6 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
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...
to
Matamoras, Pennsylvania, which produces some regular commuters. The northwestern tip of
New Jersey, 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
yard just beyond (the tracks continue upriver, but only carry
freight beyond here) and various features of the once extensive facilities that existed here when it was a division point on the
Erie Railroad, including a still-working
turntable, used when
excursion trains 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
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
Erie Railroad in 1892, when passenger service continued on to Binghamton,
it remained in service through the mid-1970s. In 1982 it was
redeveloped, 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