Port Jervis station

Port Jervis, Italy

Port Jervis station is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Located at Jersey Avenue in Port Jervis, the station serviced trains of the Erie Railroad on its main line and its successor, the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. Port Jervis served as

the de facto northern termius of service on the New York Division of the main line, which continued into Sparrowbush before becoming the Delaware Division. Port Jervis station consisted of a single low-level side platform next to a Queen Anne style station depot built in 1892. Railroad service began on December 31, 1847 when the first train of the New York and Lake Erie Railroad arrived at 11:45 p.m. from Piermont, New York. The railroad opened its first station depot at Port Jervis in 1850 at the grade crossing of Pike Street (U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 209). This was replaced by a new station in 1889 on Jersey Avenue, but the depot burned on December 26, 1890 after issues with the electrical wiring. The Erie Railroad replaced the burned depot with the current structure, designed by architects Grattan and Jennings, which opened on February 6, 1892. The railroad served the growth of Port...

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