Harriman station is a

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stop owned by

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serving trains on the

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, serving the village of

Harriman, New York Harriman is a Village (New York), village in Orange County, New York, Orange County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is in the southeastern section of the town of Monroe (town), New York, Monroe, with a small portion in the town of ...

, the

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and

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of Monroe, and the town of Woodbury in

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. Before its use as a station, the area was better known as "Newburgh Junction" and was where the Erie Railroad's mainline separated from the

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(and, later on and more importantly, the Graham Line). This junction was controlled by "NJ" interlocking tower and, while the mainline has been abandoned since 1983, the wye remains intact.

Station layout

Port Jervis bound train leaving Harriman

The station has two tracks and a low-level

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with a pathway connecting the platform to the siding, however the siding does not connect to the bypassing track where there is a switch near the Newburgh Junction, which is located a few feet north of the station. The station has a very large parking lot (986 spaces) due to its proximity to the

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, Route 17, and the

Woodbury Commons Woodbury Common Premium Outlets is an outlet mall, outlet center located in the Central Valley, New York, Central Valley section of Woodbury, Orange County, New York, Woodbury, New York (state), New York. The center is owned by Premium Outlets, ...

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. There is a weekend-only shuttle bus between the station and the mall.

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