Station Review #77: Lyndhurst (old) (NJT)
Lyndhurst is a station on NJT's Main Line. The station is located on Stuyvsant Avenue in Lyndhurst, NJ. History In 1868, the Morris and Essex Railroad created a line called the Boonton Branch, as a freight bypass for their main line. This line went from Hoboken Station to Dover, NJ via Paterson and Towaco, linking with the current Montclair-Boonton line somewhere a bit past Midland Park. Along the line the station Lyndhurst was built in the small village of Lyndhurst. In 1928, the current station was built to replace an older variant of the station. Over the years, this station was left in disrepair, barely maintained. Not much has changed in that regard since then, although the line it was on has changed hands multiple times. The station depot has not been a ticket office in decades. Although it is shuttered and closed now, it used to be a restaurant in the 1990s or so. The exact timeline for the depot is unknown, and there is a possibility tha...