Bay Head (NJT station)

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Bay Head, New Jersey
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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 North Jersey Coast Line. The rail yard contains 33 acres of wetland inside the loop formed by the tracks used to turn around the trains. [ [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DSOB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10FA84C542E103C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=11ECDBF131F44C689BB0EDBA11D99EE0 Bay Head planning to fight state's rail yard plan in court. Asbury Park Press. Nina Rizzo. June 25, 2002.] ] The rail yard borders Twilight Lake. Parking is free at the Bay Head station but the lot is only about a fourth of the size of the lot at the next station, Point Pleasant Beach. [ [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ASBB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1188D72897A4B430&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=11ECDBF131F44C689BB0EDBA11D99EE0 Ordinance will set train station parking fees.] "Asbury Park Press". Tristan J. Schweiger. April 15, 2007.]

This station is not listed as accessible by NJ Transit. [ [http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0080.pdf North Jersey Coast Line Schedule Map] ] , accessed September 2, 2006.] 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 for summer weekends as beachgoing vacationers take the train. [ [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:STLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10B161CB804F6C08&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=11ECDBF131F44C689BB0EDBA11D99EE0 'Benny' or not, here they come, Natives grin and share the weekly trip to Shore. Ana M. Alaya. The Star-Ledger. July 1, 2005.] ]

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External links

* [http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainSchedulesFrom&selStation=13%20%20%20%20%20%20 New Jersey Transit -- Bay Head Station Information]