Campbell Hall station

Campbell Hall
Westbound train arriving at Campbell Hall station in 2014
General information
LocationWatkins Drive north of Egbertson Road (CR 77)
Hamptonburgh, New York
Coordinates41°27′03″N 74°15′59″W / 41.4508°N 74.2663°W / 41.4508; -74.2663
Owned byMetro-North Railroad
LineNS Southern Tier Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking231 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2577 (MQ Junction; Erie Railroad)
History
OpenedApril 18, 1983 (1983-04-18)
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Middletown–Town of Wallkill Port Jervis Line Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
toward Hoboken
Location

Campbell Hall station is an active commuter railroad station in the town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York. Located south of the eponymous hamlet of Campbell Hall at the end of Watkins Drive, a driveway off Egbertson Road (County Route 77), the station services trains of Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line. The line, operated by NJ Transit under contract, runs between Port Jervis station in Port Jervis, New York and Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. The station serves as a park and ride, with a 231-space parking lot. Campbell Hall station contains two tracks, one of which is used by trains and the other of which is a siding, and a single low-level side platform with canopy on the south side of the tracks. A mini-high level platform is present at the east end of the platform to facilitate handicap accessibility.

Campbell Hall station sits at the location of MQ Junction, the former spot where the Erie Railroad Graham Line (a freight only bypass route) and its Montgomery Branch crossed. The Montgomery Branch served passengers at Goshen and Kipps going south from MQ Junction. MQ Junction had a two-story frame interlocking tower, built in 1908 at the cost of $2,043 (1908 USD). The building had at its peak 33 interlocking levers to serve the Graham Line, the Montgomery Branch and access to the New York, Ontario and Western Railway bridge west of the junction. The original station in Campbell Hall was located on the Montgomery Branch at the crossing with State Route 207. This station and the Montgomery Branch had passenger service until June 15, 1935. The current station opened on April 18, 1983 when service on the Port Jervis Line was moved to the Graham Line from the former Erie Railroad main line.