Nanuet station explained

Nanuet
Style:Metro-North Railroad
Style2:New Haven New York
Address:25 Prospect Street
Borough:Nanuet, New York
Coordinates:41.0903°N -74.0148°W
Owned:NJ Transit
Operator:Metro-North Railroad
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Structure:At-grade
Parking:126 spaces[1]
Accessible:Yes
Code:805 (Erie Railroad)[2]
Opened:[3]
Rebuilt:1849
Former:Red Tavern (1841–1849)
Clarkstown (1849–1856)
Years1:1964
Events1:Station agency closed[4]
Years2:1991
Events2:Station depot burned
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 8E258D
Zoom:14

Nanuet station is a train station in Nanuet, New York, serving commuter trains on the Pascack Valley Line. Its official address is 1 Prospect Street, but in reality, it is located on Orchard Street West, diagonally off the southwest corner of Prospect Street and Middletown Road.

The station originated as a lumberyard known as Red Tavern operated by David Demarest. In 1846, the station was upgraded and renamed Clarkstown. The station was renamed in 1856 to Nanuet, four years after ticketed service began. The station depot built by the Erie Railroad for its New Jersey and New York Railroad and its main line (later Piermont Branch), burned on March 14, 1991.[5]

History

The station at Nanuet began as a location for the pickup of ties for the New York and Erie Railroad in 1839. Known as Red Tavern, the location was run by David Demarest. At the location would board thirty-five men to help move the ties up the line.

By 1849, Demarest was named the station agent at Red Tavern and the station was renamed as Clarkstown. Demarest also used this occasion to construct two steam locomotives. The depot constructed at Clarkstown was part of Demarest's house, constructed in 1849. No tickets were sold at Clarkstown until 1852, and then the details were written in ink by Demarest himself. In 1856, the station was renamed Nanuet after a local Native American chief. Demarest remained in charge of the Nanuet station until his death in 1881, at which point his son, Joseph, took over as station agent.

Station layout

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

There are three parking lots available at Nanuet. Free permit parking is available for residents of the Town of Clarkstown at the station's closest parking lot. Permits are issues by the Town Clerk of the Town of Clarkstown. The lot accommodates 339 vehicles. Paid parking (either daily, or by permit) is available at the Metro-North parking facility, which is operated by LAZ Parking and accommodates 226 vehicles. The lot is located behind the Nanuet post office. A third parking facility operated by the town can accommodate 229 vehicles. The lot located west of the station and does not require payment or resident permit.

In April 2022, a new train shelter was installed with a bench named after transportation advocate Orrin Getz. The new shelter contains Help Points, USB charging and LED lights.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nanuet station . July 8, 2023 . Metro-North Railroad.
  2. Web site: List of Station Names and Numbers. May 1, 1916. Erie Railroad. Jersey City, New Jersey. November 23, 2010.
  3. News: Seymour . HC . Eastern Division of the New York and Erie Railroad . July 29, 2020 . The Evening Post . October 28, 1841 . New York, New York . 1. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Rails Release Ticket Agent . March 17, 2019 . The Record . May 1, 1964 . Hackensack, New Jersey . 35. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Historic Nanuet Train Station Destroyed by Fire. October 10, 2017. The Journal News. March 14, 1991. B1. Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: MTA Metro-North Railroad Reveals New Platform Shelter and Station Enhancements at Nanuet .