Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station)

Aberdeen-Matawan

Aberdeen-Matawan Station in December 2006.
Location Main Street and Atlantic Avenue
Matawan, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 135
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 15
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 2,554 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York and Long Branch Railroad
Cliffwood
Matawan Station
The former Central Railroad of New Jersey depot at Aberdeen-Matawan in 2010.
Location Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates 40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.4201944°N 74.2236056°WCoordinates: 40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.4201944°N 74.2236056°W
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1875
Architectural style Stick/eastlake, Carpenter Gothic
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference # 84002756[2]
NJRHP # 2017[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP March 17, 1984

Aberdeen-Matawan is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Aberdeen Township and Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The station is 5 miles east of South Amboy and 2 miles west of Hazlet. This station, convenient to New Jersey State Route 35, is popular with commuters, and the busiest station on the line, between Bay Head and Rahway.

The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms, as well as two abandoned low side platforms, and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York bound platform. All trains on the North Jersey Coast Line serve this station.

For many years, the New York and Long Branch Railroad-built station was known as just Matawan, as its stationhouse and main platform were in Matawan, and only an auxiliary platform and large extra parking area were in Aberdeen. In 1984, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[4] When the station was reconstructed and expanded in the 1990s, the new stationhouse and main platforms were built on the Aberdeen (eastern) side of Atlantic Avenue. New Jersey Transit thought of renaming the station to just Aberdeen, but Matawan officials protested, as much of the town's recognition factor was due to the heavy use of the station by central New Jersey residents. Thus, the joint Aberdeen-Matawan name was adopted.

The former Freehold Branch can still be traced in a southeastern parking lot.

Station layout

  ■North Jersey Coast Line toward New York or Hoboken (South Amboy)
  ■North Jersey Coast Line toward Bay Head (Hazlet)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  3. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ Monmouth County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

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