Bay Head station

Bay Head is a railway station in Bay Head, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The station is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, and it is the southern terminus for the line. The rail yard contains 33 acres (13 ha) of wetland inside the loop formed by the tracks used to turn around the trains.[3] The rail yard borders Twilight Lake. Parking is free at the Bay Head station although the lot is only about a fourth of the size of the lot at the next station, Point Pleasant Beach, which requires payment.[4]

Bay Head
Bay Head station in January 2018
Location	Osborne Avenue Bay Head, NJ 08742
Coordinates	40°04′34″N 74°02′47″W
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Station code	23
History
Rebuilt	1976[1]
Electrified	No
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	200 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus North Jersey Coast Line Point Pleasant Beach toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Point Pleasant Beach toward Perth Amboy Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Mantoloking toward Camden Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad Terminus

A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train at the yard in 1971

This station is not listed as disabled accessible by NJ Transit. 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 during the summer as beachgoing vacationers take the train to the beach.[5] In May 2011, ticket vending machines were installed next to the station building at Bay Head.

Station layout

The station has a low-level side platform serving trains in both directions.

Ground/ platform level	Track 1	← No passenger service →
	Track 2	←      North Jersey Coast Line termination track ←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch, Hoboken or New York (Point Pleasant Beach) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Station building, ticket machine and parking

References

1. "Then and Now". The Asbury Park Press. January 21, 1979. p. 60. Retrieved September 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). NJ Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
3. Bay Head planning to fight state's rail yard plan in court. Asbury Park Press. Nina Rizzo. June 25, 2002.
4. Ordinance will set train station parking fees. Asbury Park Press. Tristan J. Schweiger. April 15, 2007.
5. 'Benny' or not, here they come, Natives grin and share the weekly trip to Shore. Ana M. Alaya. The Star-Ledger. July 1, 2005.

External links

Media related to Bay Head (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons