Metuchen station

40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W / 40.5407500°N 74.3603389°W / 40.5407500; -74.3603389Owned byNew Jersey TransitLine(s)Amtrak Northeast CorridorPlatforms2 side platformsTracks4Connections NJ Transit Bus: 810, 813, 819ConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone11HistoryOpenedJuly 11, 1836^[1][2]Rebuilt1850s,^[2] 1870s,^[2]1888, 1978–1979^[3][4]ElectrifiedDecember 8, 1932^[5]Key datesOctober 26, 1975Amtrak service discontinued^[6]Passengers20123,810 (average weekday)^[7] Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
Edison toward Trenton		Northeast Corridor Line		Metropark toward New York

Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Edison toward Chicago Main Line Rahway toward New York or Exchange Place Edison toward New Brunswick New Brunswick Line Menlo Park toward New York or Exchange Place Terminus Bonhampton Branch Bonhampton Terminus

Metuchen station is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Trains at Metuchen station are serviced by New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line between Trenton Transit Center or Jersey Avenue and New York Penn Station. The next station to the south is Edison while the next station to the north is Metropark. Amtrak services cross through the station without stopping. The station consists of two side platforms with a wooden station depot on the northbound tracks. Metuchen's station depot and the New York-bound platform are accessible from Woodbridge Avenue (County Route 660) while the Trenton-bound platform comes from Main Street (County Route 531). There is no station agent at Metuchen station, however ticket vending machines are available.

History

Metuchen station opened on July 11, 1836 with the completion of the New Jersey Railroad to East Brunswick (location of modern-day Highland Park). The railroad built a station depot at Main Street by 1850. When the Lehigh Valley Railroad opened their line in the 1870s, the Pennsylvania Railroad moved Metuchen station to the Lake Avenue crossing to provide connection to the new railroad. The railroad moved Metuchen station one last time, to the current location in 1888.^[8][9] A secondary station in Metuchen existed from 1879 to 1911 known as Robinvale.^[10][11] Robinvale station burned twice: once on February 28, 1915,^[11] and once on March 27, 1915.^[12] Amtrak serviced Metuchen station from its inception on May 1, 1971 until October 26, 1975.^[6][13]

Following the September 11 attacks, Metuchen built a small, permanent memorial named Freedom Plaza at the corner of Main Street and Woodbridge Avenue, adjacent to the station's parking lot, consisting of a Verdin clock and the engraved names of all 701 victims from New Jersey.^[14]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. Most of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References

External links

• Media related to Metuchen station at Wikimedia Commons