Clifton (NJT station)

Clifton
The Clifton station in April 2015.
Coordinates	40°52′04″N 74°09′13″W / 40.8679°N 74.1535°W / 40.8679; -74.1535Coordinates: 40°52′04″N 74°09′13″W / 40.8679°N 74.1535°W / 40.8679; -74.1535
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 705 and 707
Construction
Parking	236 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	5
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	810 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Paterson toward Suffern Main Line Passaic toward Hoboken Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Paterson toward Denville Boonton Branch Passaic toward Hoboken

Clifton is a New Jersey Transit train station that serves Clifton, New Jersey, with service is to Hoboken Terminal via the Main Line; travel time is about 30 minutes. Service is available to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via connections at Secaucus Junction. The station is located on the border between the Athenia and Dutch Hill sections (Clifton Blvd. at Elm St.) 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.