Spring Valley station (New York)

Spring Valley
Train leaves Spring Valley station, going over the Main Street (NY 45) crossing
General information
Location	Municipal Plaza 1 North Main Street Spring Valley, New York
Coordinates	41°06′43″N 74°02′38″W / 41.1119°N 74.0440°W / 41.1119; -74.0440
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad
Line(s)	Pascack Valley Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Hudson Link: H03, H07, H07X Rockland Coaches: 11X (weekends only), 45 Transport of Rockland: 59, 91, 92, 94, Loop 3
Construction
Parking	207 spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Station code	815 (Erie Railroad)[2]
History
Opened	June 30, 1841 (June 30, 1841)[3][4]
Rebuilt	1924
Previous names	Pascac[5]
Key dates
1981	Station agency closed[6]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Terminus Pascack Valley Line Nanuet toward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Union toward Haverstraw New Jersey and New York Railroad Nanuet toward Jersey City Monsey toward Suffern Piermont Branch Nanuet toward Sparkill
Location

Spring Valley station (sometimes referred as the Spring Valley Transit Center) is an intermodal transit station in Spring Valley, New York. It serves commuter trains as well as buses as the Spring Valley Bus Terminal. The buses that serve the Spring Valley Bus Terminal are Rockland Coaches (provided by Coach USA), Hudson Link, and Transport of Rockland. It is located on Main Street (Route 45), 0.125 miles (0.201 km) from Route 59.

History

During construction of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, residents of what would later become Spring Valley demanded a station at the site of a farm road crossing. The residents felt that Eleazar Lord had chosen to give preference to the area at Monsey (formerly Kakiat) because he owned 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) in the area. They wanted access to shipping via the railroad, but the railroad would not promise service, even if the farmers built their own waiting shanty.^[5]

The farmers did indeed construct their own station, a 10-by-11-foot (3.0 m × 3.4 m) platform with a wooden shanty. The station, which was named Pascac by the railroad, soon became a store run by a local named Henry Iseman. Once passenger service started, Iseman was evicted from the shanty, having to run his shop elsewhere in the area. The name "Spring Valley" was created by Isaac Springstead, a local farmer, who suggested the new name. With the new name change, a station sign was nailed to a nearby tree with the name "Spring Valley".^[5]

On October 26, 1983, the $244,500 renovation of the station was dedicated. As part of the renovation the station received new ceilings, a new floor and a ticket booth.^[7]

Station layout

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

Permit parking is operated by Allright Parking and accommodates 207 vehicles.

Bibliography

• Mott, Edward Harold (1899). Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie. New York, New York: John S. Collins. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

References

External links

• Metro-North station page for Spring Valley

• NJ Transit DepartureVision real-time train status for Spring Valley

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spring Valley Transit Center.

• Spring Valley Station (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View

This page was last edited on 27 May 2024, at 21:47