Pearl River station

Pearl River
View of station from northwest
Location 35 South Main Street
(at Central Avenue)
Pearl River, NY 10965
Coordinates 41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°W / 41.0581; -74.0222Coordinates: 41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°W / 41.0581; -74.0222
Owned by New Jersey Transit
(leased to Metro-North Railroad)
Line(s)
  Pascack Valley Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Transport of Rockland: 92
Other information
Station code 801 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened 1870[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
Pascack Valley Line
toward Hoboken
  Former services  
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
toward Haverstraw
New Jersey and New York Railroad
toward Jersey City

Pearl River is a railroad station in Pearl River, New York. It serves NJ Transit and Metro-North Railroad trains on the Pascack Valley Line. It is located at 35 South Main Street between West Central Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. Pearl River is the last station in New York, heading from Spring Valley towards Hoboken Terminal. 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.[3] Braunsdorf built originally two facilities at Pearl River, but some time after 1880, these were merged into one structure.[4]

This line runs to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, NY Waterway ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.

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.

Ground/
Platform level		 Street level Ticket machines, parking
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ← Pascack Valley Line (and Metro-North Express) toward Spring Valley (Nanuet)
Pascack Valley Line toward Hoboken (Montvale) →
Metro-North Express toward Hoboken (Secaucus Junction) →

Bibliography

  • Cassetta, James Vincent (2014). Images of America: Pearl River. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467121552.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cassetta 2014, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Cassetta 2014, p. 7–8.
  4. ↑ Cassetta 2014, p. 11.

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Pearl River station in 1910


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