Perth Amboy (NJT station)

Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy Station, April 2015.
Location Elm Street between Smith & Market Streets
Perth Amboy, NJ
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 48, 116, 813, 815, and 817
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Fare zone 12[1]
History
Opened 1923[2]
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 874 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Amboy Junction
New York and Long Branch Railroad
Genasco
Perth Amboy Station
Perth Amboy station's eastbound entrance.
Location Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates 40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°WCoordinates: 40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W
Built 1923[2]
Architect A.E. Owen
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body New Jersey Transit
NRHP Reference # 84002735[4]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984

Perth Amboy is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, 1½ miles south of Woodbridge and 2½ miles north of South Amboy. It station is located in a cut between Elm Street and Maple Street and between Smith Street and Market Street in downtown Perth Amboy, and has two low side platforms.

The station building was built in the 1920s and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984.[4] The station was refurbished in the 1990s.[2] It replaced an older structure built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey that was moved to Lewis Street and currently serves as a private residence there.[2] A ticket office is located at street level. The platforms are below street level in the cut.

Planned renovations

On June 16, 2010, New Jersey Transit (NJT) announced a $1 million (2010 USD) deal with Stantec Consulting Services in Rochelle Park, New Jersey to study the addition of high-level platforms for handicap accessibility, per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) The platform renovation will also include canopies, elevators to street-level and upgrades to communication systems.[5] New Jersey Transit in its 2015 budget allocated $9.6 million for the final design for a major renovation that would modenize it and make it complaint with the ADA.[6]

Station layout

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "North Jersey Coast Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wang, Paul W.; Massopust, Katherine A. (2009). Perth Amboy (Then and Now). Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7385-6241-4.
  3. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15.
  5. ↑ "NJ Transit Advances Perth Amboy Station Improvements" (Press release). June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  6. ↑ Epstein, Sue (July 18, 2014). "NJ Transit earmarks $9.6 million for rehabilitation of Perth Amboy train station". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

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