Suffern (NJT station)

Suffern
The station at Suffern, looking north along the tracks toward Nordkop Mountain.
Location	2 Ramapo Avenue & Chestnut Street, Suffern, New York
Coordinates	41°06′50″N 74°09′14″W / 41.113972°N 74.153894°WCoordinates: 41°06′50″N 74°09′14″W / 41.113972°N 74.153894°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Metro-North Railroad:   Port Jervis Line New Jersey Transit:   Main Line   Bergen County Line
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	1941
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	830 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Terminus Main Line Mahwah toward Hoboken Bergen County Line Metro-North Railroad Sloatsburg toward Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Ramsey Route 17 toward Hoboken Erie Railroad Mahwah toward Pavonia Terminal Main Line Hillburn toward Dearborn Station West Mahwah (freight only) toward Pavonia Terminal Main Line

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)

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".

External links

Media related to Suffern (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Suffern
• DepartureVision real time train information for Suffern
• Main Line/Bergen County Line/Port Jervis Line schedule
• Metro-North Railroad - 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 Suffern Erie Railroad Station location on the Piermont Branch.