The man was struck at 1:15 p.m. by a Port Jervis train on the Main Line bound for Middletown, N.Y. out of Hoboken, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic told Daily Voice.
Although Track 2 was shut down, Track 1 was open, as trains moved slowly through, she said.
None of the 60 people aboard was injured, Torbic said.
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