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Point Pleasant Beach is a NJT station along the North Jersey Coast Line in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. The station is located along Hawthorne Avenue, which is the northern side of NJ-35.  History   Point Pleasant was first built sometime around 1880-1881 as part of an extension of the New York and Long Branch Railroad south to Bay Head from the now non-existent Sea Girt station. The station was rebuilt in 1903, with the original station depot to the north. This original depot was used for multiple purposes and finally demolished sometime around 2023.    The 20th century was a time of many changes at Point Pleasant. On April 28th, 1957, the station was renamed from Point Pleasant to Point Pleasant Beach. In 1987, the second depot was burned down in a controlled fire after being condemned. For almost a decade, the depot was replaced by a trailer, The new ADA compliant station started construction in 1994, and was finished by 1996.    Sometime a...

Lakewood Bus Terminal is a bus station in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. Lakewood Bus Terminal is a regional center for buses in Ocean and Monmouth counties, signifying the importance of Lakewood itself in terms of regional transportation in the process. Services Provided Bus Multiple buses stop or end at Lakewood Bus Terminal: NJT: • 63: Lakewood Bus Terminal to Weehawken • 64: Lakewood Bus Terminal to Weehawken or Journal Square • 67: Journal Square Transit Center/Newark Penn Station to Toms River Park and Ride  • 130, 132, 136, 139: Port Authority Bus Terminal to Lakewood Bus Terminal. Note: all of these are basically the same route with different stop patterns • 137: Express: Port Authority Bus Terminal to Lakewood Bus Terminal • 317: Center City Philadelphia to Asbury Park via Lakewood Bus Terminal • 559: Lakewood Bus Terminal to Atlantic City Bus Terminal  Other:  Ocean Ride Route #4: Point Pleasant Beach to Lakewood Bus Termina...