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Lyons | |||||||||||||
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 The station at Lyons in September 2020. The station depot, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, is seen behind the canopy. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 4 Lyons Road, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07059 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Lakeland: 78 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | 712 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 29, 1872[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | December 15, 1930–1931[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 6, 1931[5] | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| October 23, 1918 | Station shelter burned[6] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 385 (average weekday)[7][8] | ||||||||||||
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Lyons Station | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°41′5.2″N 74°32′58.3″W / 40.684778°N 74.549528°W | ||||||||||||
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1931 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | D.T. Mack | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Mission Revival/Spanish Revival | ||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002805[9] | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Lyons is a New Jersey Transit station in Basking Ridge, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines. The station serves south Basking Ridge as well as the Hills and Liberty Corner.
- ^ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Stitcher, Felecia (January 27, 1972). "100 Years Ago Saturday the Iron Horse Arrived". The Bernardsville News. p. 42. Retrieved October 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Break Ground for New Lyons Station". The Bernardsville News. December 18, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert J. (2007). Lackawanna Railroad Facilities (In Color). Vol. 1: Hoboken to Dover. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-58248-214-9.
- ^ "Bedecked Municipalities on P. & D. Branch Greet First Electric Train Run". The Plainfield Courier-News. January 7, 1931. pp. 1, 13. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lyons Station Burned". The Chatham Press. October 26, 1918. p. 7. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
