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Lyndhurst is a New Jersey Transit rail station located off of New York Avenue in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The station is one of two in Lyndhurst, the other being Kingsland Station. The Lyndhurst Station is located at milepost 8.2 on the Main Line.
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History
Formerly part of the Lackawanna Boonton Branch, the brick station was built 1928 to replace an older wood facility. The historic station is part of the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Boonton Line Historic District (ID#4895),
Renovation plans and proposals
On June 22, 2010, the town of Lyndhurst put forward a proposal to buy the station depots at both Lyndhurst and sister Kingsland stations. The mayor of Lyndhurst, Richard DiLascio, said that the stations have seen better days and New Jersey Transit has no interest in renovating both buildings, rather selling both at a fee to the town of Lyndhurst. As of 2012, the station building was unoccupied. The town of Lyndhurst has requested that NJT lease the building to the municipality so that it might be renovated and brought into use as a way to revitalize the immediate vicinity.
During the summer of 2011 the Lyndhurst station went under some minor renovations, including new stair supports and a new roof over a portion of the southern (eastbound) platform. In August 2012 NJT announced that the $2.5 million would be spent to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). It also stated funding for a total renovation costing approximately $26 million had been identified, but that the plan was in preliminary stages.
According to NJT, there are plans to renovate the historic station and make it ADA compliant at cost estimated in 2014 to be $22million, though as of July 2014 there were no design or construction contracts. There are two lengthy flights of wooden stairs to reach both the eastbound and westbound tracks, the platforms of which are particularly low and in state of disrepair. Work would include raising the platforms and making the station house accessible.