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South Amboy station in 1981, with a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 locomotive present in the station. |
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| Address | 119 S Broadway South Amboy, New Jersey 08879 |
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| Connections | NJT Bus: 815 and 817 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 13[1] | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,130 (average weekday) 8.76% | ||||||||||
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South Amboy is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line located in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States. The station is 2½ miles east of Perth Amboy station and 5 miles west of Aberdeen-Matawan station. Electric trains from the north started terminating here in 1938, and many still do. This station is located at grade level on Mason Street, and has two low side platforms with three tracks.
South Amboy station recently finished being upgraded for ADA and handicap access. Phase one of this project included the building of a new pedestrian overpass allowing safe transfers across the two tracks at the station. The bridge cost a total of $4.8m when it opened on 14 March 2005.[2]
The second engineering and construction phase consisted of replacing the side platforms with a new ADA-accessible high-level center platform[3] and a reconstruction of the current station building.[2] Among the new improvements to the station are a new ticket office, canopies, lighting, and signage.[3] The cost of the new platform and station amenities amounts to $29m.[4] The second phase of improvements was completed on January 5, 2010.[5]