| Bay Head | |||||||||||
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| Address | Osborne Avenue Bay Head, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°04′34″N 74°02′47″W / 40.07611°N 74.04639°WCoordinates: 40°04′34″N 74°02′47″W / 40.07611°N 74.04639°W | ||||||||||
| Lines | North Jersey Coast Line | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
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Bay Head is a railway station in Bay Head, New Jersey. This station is served by trains on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, and it is the southern terminus for the line. The rail yard contains 33 acres (13 ha) of wetland inside the loop formed by the tracks used to turn around the trains.[1] The rail yard borders Twilight Lake. Parking is free at the Bay Head station but the lot is only about a fourth of the size of the lot at the next station, Point Pleasant Beach.[2]
This station is not listed as accessible by New Jersey Transit.[3] Passengers must use the train stairs to climb up to the cars or descend to street level. There is no ramp or platform to aid the handicapped in boarding.
Weekend ridership to the Bay Head station rises during the summer as beachgoing vacationers take the train to the beach.[4]
References
- ^ Bay Head planning to fight state's rail yard plan in court. Asbury Park Press. Nina Rizzo. June 25, 2002.
- ^ Ordinance will set train station parking fees. Asbury Park Press. Tristan J. Schweiger. April 15, 2007.
- ^ North Jersey Coast Line Schedule Map, accessed September 2, 2006.
- ^ 'Benny' or not, here they come, Natives grin and share the weekly trip to Shore. Ana M. Alaya. The Star-Ledger. July 1, 2005.
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