Campbell Hall station

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Campbell Hall
Campbell Hall station from across the tracks.jpg
Westbound train arriving at station, 2014
LocationEgberton Road (County Route 77) & Watkins Drive, Campbell Hall, Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York 10916
Coordinates41°27′05″N 74°16′07″W / 41.4513°N 74.2685°W / 41.4513; -74.2685Coordinates: 41°27′05″N 74°16′07″W / 41.4513°N 74.2685°W / 41.4513; -74.2685
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code2577 (MQ Crossing) (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
OpenedApril 18, 1983[2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Following station
Middletown–Town of Wallkill
towards Port Jervis
 Port Jervis Line Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
towards Hoboken

Campbell Hall station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, located just south of the eponymous hamlet in the town of Hamptonburgh in Orange County, New York, United States. The station is located at the end of Watkins Road, off Egbertson Road (County Route 77) a short distance from NY 207 near its intersection with NY 416. The station contains decorative lights, a long platform roof and an elevated mini-high platform at the east end of the station for access by riders in wheelchairs. Parking is on a permit/meter system.

The station is on the site of MQ Crossing, the former junction of the Erie Railroad Graham Line, a then-freight only bypass and the railroad's Montgomery Branch, which provided service south to Goshen and north to the village of Montgomery.[3] The former Campbell Hall station was located on the Montgomery Branch, at the crossing with NY 207. Service at the current Campbell Hall station began on April 18, 1983 when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority moved service off the former Erie Railroad main line onto the Graham Line.[2]

Station layout[]

The station has two tracks and a low-level side platform with a pathway connecting the platform to the bypass track. The station is where the Erie's Montgomery Branch once intersected the Graham Line and where the former Wallkill Valley Railroad connects to the mainline via an active wye. The Middletown and New Jersey Railroad still runs freight operations up to customers in Maybrook, Montgomery, and the end of the tracks in Walden with its recent[when?] takeover of local freight operations from Norfolk Southern. A small yard for the freight carrier, with unused stock stored along several sidings, is located at and just west of the station.

References[]

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "New Port Jervis Service - April 18, 1983". New York, New York: Metro-North Railroad. April 18, 1983. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Erie Railroad Company Eastern District Timetable No. 31 - Effective 2:01 A.M. Sunday, April 28, 1946". Cleveland, Ohio: Erie Railroad. April 28, 1946. Retrieved September 26, 2021.

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