Metuchen (NJT station)

Metuchen

Metuchen in 2014
Location Main Street & Woodbridge Avenue
Metuchen, NJ
Coordinates 40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W / 40.5407500°N 74.3603389°WCoordinates: 40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W / 40.5407500°N 74.3603389°W
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections NJT Bus: 810, 813, and 819
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 11
History
Opened 1888
Rebuilt 1979
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 3,810 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
Menlo Park

Metuchen Station is a New Jersey Transit station on the Northeast Corridor Line, in Metuchen, New Jersey. It is on Main Street between Pennsylvania and Woodbridge Avenues; the platforms are on an overpass over Main Street. The New York City-bound platform and station office are accessible from Woodbridge Avenue, while the Trenton-bound platform is accessible from Pennsylvania Avenue. There is a station office but no station agents and passengers must use a ticket machine. There is a newsstand in the waiting room of the northbound platform that operates on weekday mornings during rush hour. A private concierge service operated between 2001–2003,[2] but is now closed. There is, however, a taxi stand on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the station.

History

The station, c. 1940

The station was built in 1888 by the Pennsylvania Railroad[3] and it was significantly renovated in 1979.

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. "Metuchen Train Station to Offer Concierge Service to Commuters". Home News Tribune. August 7, 2001. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. Cheslow, Jerry (April 21, 1996). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Metuchen, N.J.;Battling to Retain Its Small-Town Identity". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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