Bay Head (NJT station)

Bay Head

Bay Head station in July 2010.

Station statistics

Address

Osborne Avenue
Bay Head, New Jersey

Lines

North Jersey Coast Line

Platforms

1 (side)

Tracks

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Code

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Traffic

Passengers (2010)

261 1.15%

Services

Preceding station		NJ Transit Rail		Following station
Terminus		North Jersey Coast Line		Point Pleasant Beach toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station

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 although the lot is only about a fourth of the size of the lot at the next station, Point Pleasant Beach parking at that station requires payment..^[2]

This station is not listed as accessible by New Jersey Transit. 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.^[3] In May 2011, ticket vending machines were installed next to the station building at Bay Head.

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.
^ 'Benny' or not, here they come, Natives grin and share the weekly trip to Shore. Ana M. Alaya. The Star-Ledger. July 1, 2005.

External links

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