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Kingsland (NJT station)

Kingsland
Kingsland Station facing Suffern-bound.jpg
Kingsland station facing northbound (towards Suffern) on the Hoboken-bound platform, with the station depot and Route 17 crossing overhead.
Coordinates 40°48′36″N 74°07′02″W / 40.8101°N 74.1172°W / 40.8101; -74.1172Coordinates: 40°48′36″N 74°07′02″W / 40.8101°N 74.1172°W / 40.8101; -74.1172
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Main Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Connections NJT Bus: 76
Construction
Platform levels 1
Parking 19 spaces
Other information
Fare zone 2
History
Opened 1903
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 453 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Suffern
Main Line
toward Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
toward Denville
Boonton Branch
Terminus

Kingsland is a railroad station on New Jersey Transit's Main Line. It is located under Ridge Road (Route 17) between New York and Valley Brook Avenues in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, and is one of two stations in Lyndhurst. The station is not staffed, and passengers use ticket vending machines (TVMs) located at street level to purchase tickets. The station is not handicapped-accessible. Originally part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch, Kingsland station was built in 1903.

Kingsland Station is located on a bridge over the Main Line on New Jersey Route 17, near the intersection with Milton Road. The station depot is located above the tracks. A short tunnel leads downstairs to the two side platforms. The station platform on the Hoboken Terminal-bound side has a third track that heads through the platform, the western leg of a wye used for the Harrison Cut-Off, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Above ground, the station is provided with just nineteen parking spaces, none designated for the handicapped. There is no fee for parking. Short-term parking is also provided by New Jersey Transit on Route 17.

The station is serviced by New Jersey Transit's Main Line every day and has connections via Route 76 run by New Jersey Transit Bus Operations. On weekdays, the first train to serve the Kingsland station heads to Hoboken Terminal, stopping at 5:41 AM, while the last is Train #1101 heading to Suffern, stopping at Kingsland at 1:48 the next morning. Trains from Kingsland to Hoboken average 20 minutes and Kingsland to Suffern averages 55 minutes. On weekends, the first train to serve Kingsland, starting in Port Jervis, and stopping at Kingsland at 6:59 AM. The last train, to Suffern, arrives at 1:48 AM the next morning.


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