Sloatsburg | |||||||||||||
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Location | Municipal Plaza & Mills Street Sloatsburg, New York | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°09′26″N 74°11′29″W / 41.1572°N 74.1913°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro-North Railroad | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | NS Southern Tier Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
Parking | 80 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No[1] | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 2509 (Erie Railroad)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1868 | (Erie Railroad)||||||||||||
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Sloatsburg station is a commuter rail stop owned by Metro-North Railroad serving trains on the Port Jervis Line, located in the village of Sloatsburg, New York at the intersection of Municipal Plaza and Mills Street.[3]
Construction of the Sloatsburg station dates back to the 1830s, when the station was built along the Erie Railroad. The station served the line heading to Port Jervis northward, along with a stagecoach to Greenwood Lake three times a day. The station was populated by fishermen on their way to the lake, but has been the site of several accidents. These calamities include a derailed milk train in 1843 and a fatal accident between the train line and several mules and their owner in 1855. The station became part of Metro-North in 1983, when the service was created. The station was listed under a revitalization plan in 2005 to help serve its commuters.