Coordinates: 40°41′5.2″N 74°32′58.3″W / 40.684778°N 74.549528°W / 40.684778; -74.549528
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The station at Lyons in 2010. The station depot, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, is seen behind the canopy. |
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| Lines | Gladstone Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Lakeland: 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2012) | 452 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lyons Station is a New Jersey Transit station in Basking Ridge, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines. The station serves south Basking Ridge as well as the hills and Liberty Corner. 2 railroad crossings are located on each side of the station for the far side parking. Also, unlike many of the other stations in this area of the line, this station is one the only ones that are handicap accessible. To the right of the station is an elevated platform for handicaps.
The single station building, on the north side of the single track, is of brick construction and was built 1931 to coincide with electfication. A brass ornamental arch stands on the westernmost part of the platform. Permit parking is available on the station side of the tracks, as well as a large lot for permit and daily parking on the far side of the track. Lyons station was the second-to-last station depot built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, behind the station at Syracuse, New York in 1941.