Avenel (NJT station)

"Avenel Station" redirects here. For the railway station in Victoria, Australia, see Avenel railway station, Victoria.
Avenel

Train passing through Avenel Station
Location Avenel Street
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°WCoordinates: 40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 9
History
Rebuilt 1940, 1992[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 166 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edgar
New York and Long Branch Railroad

Avenel is a lightly used New Jersey Transit commuter rail station located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. On weekdays, it sees 7 northbound and 14 southbound trains stop. There is no weekend service. It is located on the North Jersey Coast Line between Rahway and Woodbridge stations. The station is one of three located in Woodbridge, with the Woodbridge station joining it on the North Jersey Coast Line and Metropark Station serving the Iselin section of Woodbridge on the Northeast Corridor Line.

Avenel station had been slated for closing by former Gov. Corzine because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access. The station was saved by the community's recommendation that ramps be used instead.

The station was the site of an accident in which New Jersey Transit train 2303 hit and killed 12-year-old Ashlyn Ferriero. The girl, an Avenel Middle School student, had been playing with four of her friends on the railway and was unable to pull herself up onto the platform as the train was approaching. The train's engineer noticed the girls on the track and applied the vehicle's emergency brake, but the system was unable to stop the train in time.[3]

Station layout

  ■North Jersey Coast Line toward New York or Hoboken (Rahway)
  ■North Jersey Coast Line toward Bay Head (Woodbridge)

References

  1. ↑ Troeger, Virginia B.; McEwen, Robert James (2002). Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780738523941.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Heininger, Claire (2007). "Girl, 12, killed by train in Woodbridge" Retrieved November 1, 2010

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