Pearl River station

Pearl River
Pearl River station platform
General information
Location35 South Main Street
Pearl River, New York
Coordinates41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°W / 41.0581; -74.0222
Owned byNJ Transit
Operated byMetro-North Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections Transport of Rockland: 92
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking357 spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[1]
Other information
Station code801 (Erie Railroad)[2]
History
OpenedMay 27, 1871 (1871-05-27)[3]
Key dates
1981Station agency closed[4]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Nanuet
toward Spring Valley
 Pascack Valley Line Montvale
toward Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Nanuet
toward Haverstraw
 New Jersey and New York Railroad Montvale
toward Jersey City
Location

Pearl River station is an active commuter railroad station in the hamlet of Pearl River, located in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York. Located at Station Plaza between South Main Street and Railroad Avenue, Pearl River station serves trains of Metro-North Railroad's Pascack Valley Line, operated under contract by NJ Transit between Spring Valley station in the eponymous Spring Valley, New York to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, where connection is available to Manhattan. Pearl River is a single low-level side platform station, with no accessibility for the handicapped. The station has a 351-space parking lot at Jefferson Avenue. The Erie Railroad-built station depot at Pearl River currently serves as a restaurant.

Railroad service in what is now Pearl River began on May 27, 1871 with the opening of the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad from Hillsdale, New Jersey to nearby Nanuet, where connection was made with the Erie Railroad's Piermont Branch.

History

The land donated for the station came from Julius Braunsdorf, a local entrepreneur, who won a lawsuit against the Singer Corporation. Braunsdorf opened Central Avenue, the local post office, and the railroad station. Known as Muddy Brook, Braunsdorf suggested the hamlet be renamed for the pearls in the local river.[5] Braunsdorf built originally two facilities at Pearl River, but some time after 1880, these were merged into one structure.[6]

Station layout

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

Like many Metro-North stations east of the Hudson, permit parking is operated by LAZ Parking. Pearl River's parking lot accommodates 170 vehicles.

Bibliography

  • Cassetta, James Vincent (2014). Images of America: Pearl River. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2155-2.

References

  1. ^ a b "Pearl River station". Metro-North Railroad. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Adriance, Tim (Spring 2018). "A History of Bergen County Railroads". Autumn Years. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 46. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Castellucci, John (June 30, 1981). "The Ticket Agent – Just a Memory?". The Journal-News. White Plains, New York. p. 13. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cassetta 2014, p. 7–8.
  6. ^ Cassetta 2014, p. 11.

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