Suffern station

Suffern station is a commuter rail stop in Suffern, New York, United States. It is operated by New Jersey Transit, whose Main Line serves this station,[8] and also used by the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line.

Suffern
The station at Suffern, looking north along the tracks toward Nordkop Mountain.
Location	2 Ramapo Avenue & Chestnut Street, Suffern, New York
Coordinates	41.113972°N 74.153894°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Transport of Rockland: 59, 93, Monsey Loop 3, Tappan ZEExpress (2 blocks north on Chestnut Street) Short Line Bus: 17M/MD/SF
Other information
Station code	2501 (Erie Railroad)[1]
Fare zone	14[2]
History
Opened	June 30, 1841[3][4]
Rebuilt	March 9, 1887[5] January 1, 1941[6]
Key dates
May 1941	1887 station depot razed[6]
Passengers
2012	830 (average weekday)[7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus Main Line Mahwah toward Hoboken Bergen County Line Preceding station Metro-North Following station Sloatsburg towards Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Ramsey Route 17 towards Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Sloatsburg toward Chicago Main Line Mahwah toward Jersey City Hillburn toward Chicago

History

The 1887-built Suffern station, c. 1907–1912, with SF Tower nearby

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, served the Piermont Branch when that line had passenger service. It 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.[9]

Station layout

This station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform. Suffern is the only station used by New Jersey Transit in New York (aside from New York Penn Station) that does not have Metro North-styled signage trackside, instead employing NJT's black and white signs.

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 2	←      Main Line and      Bergen County Line alighting passengers only ←      Port Jervis Line toward Port Jervis (Sloatsburg)
	Track 1	←      Port Jervis Line toward Hoboken (Ramsey Route 17) → ←      Main Line and      Bergen County Line toward Hoboken (Mahwah) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Station building, ticket machines, parking

Bibliography

• Mott, Edward Harold (1899). Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie. New York, New York: John S. Collins. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

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. Mott 1899, p. 331.
4. Seymour, HC (October 28, 1841). "Eastern Division of the New York and Erie Railroad". The Evening Post. New York, New York. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Suffern's New Depot". The Evening Gazette. Port Jervis, New York. March 11, 1987. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
6. "Demolish Station, Old Landmark Here". The Paterson News. May 13, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
8. Saeed, Khurram (April 19, 2007). "NJ Transit approves 10 percent fare hike". The Journal News. p. A.5.
9. "Historical Marker in front of building".

External links

Media related to Suffern (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Suffern

• NJ Transit DepartureVision real-time train status for Suffern

• Suffern Railroad Station (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
• Chestnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Google Maps Street View

The former Railway Express Agency station at Suffern