Clifton station (NJ Transit)
Clifton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Clifton station in April 2015. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′04″N 74°09′13″W / 40.8679°N 74.1535°WCoordinates: 40°52′04″N 74°09′13″W / 40.8679°N 74.1535°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | NJT Bus: 705 and 707 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 236 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2012) | 810 (average weekday)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clifton is a New Jersey Transit train station located in Clifton, New Jersey that provides service. via the Main Line. Travel time is about 30 minutes between Clifton and the Main Line southern terminus at Hoboken Terminal, where connections to PATH and NY Waterway take riders to New York City. Service is available to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via connections at Secaucus Junction. Northbound service is available to Suffern station in New York, where riders can connect to the Port Jervis Line.
The station is located on the border between the Athenia and Dutch Hill sections (Clifton Boulevard at Elm Street) of Clifton, with the Hoboken-bound platform in the Athenia section and the Suffern-bound platform located in the Dutch Hill section.
The station provides two free parking lots with enough space for 236 cars, and bicycle parking is also available near the Hoboken-bound platform. Clifton's station house building is open for commuters from the morning rush hour until the evening rush hour for passengers to wait for their trains. Passengers are also provided with benches on either side of the track and two shelters, one on each platform, are also available. The Suffern-bound platform recently received a new shelter replacing an older, dilapidated shelter.
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with a low-level side platform.
| Ground/ Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Track 1 | ← Main Line toward Ridgewood, Waldwick or Suffern (Paterson) ← Port Jervis Line limited service toward Port Jervis (Paterson) | |
| Track 2 | Port Jervis Line limited service toward Hoboken (Passaic) → Main Line toward Hoboken (Passaic) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Street level | Station building, ticket machines, parking | |
References
- ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
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