Rahway station

Rahway is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey that is located 20.7 miles southwest of New York Penn Station, with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines.

Rahway
Rahway station in August 2014.
Location	Milton Avenue, between Irving & Broad Streets Rahway, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.6065°N 74.276°W / 40.6065; -74.276
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	6
Connections	NJT Bus: 48
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	8[1]
History
Opened	January 1, 1836[2]
Rebuilt	November 1911[3]–July 26, 1913[4] March 1971[5]–August 28, 1975[6] January 1996–August 1998[7]
Key dates
November 1975	Amtrak service discontinued[8]
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	3,236 (average weekday)[9]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Metropark toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Linden toward New York Penn Station North Rahway Closed 1993 toward New York Penn Station Avenel toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Linden toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken North Rahway Closed 1993 toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Metuchen toward Chicago Main Line Linden toward New York or Exchange Place Colonia toward Chicago Perth Amboy Junction toward New Brunswick New Brunswick Line Scott Avenue toward New York or Exchange Place

History

The station first opened on January 1, 1836. The station is located in downtown Rahway on an embankment completed in 1913, with bridges over Milton Avenue and Irving and Cherry Streets. The present station was built by New Jersey Transit at a cost of $16 million and opened in early 1999. It replaced a passenger station built by the Penn Central and the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1974, which was an Amtrak stop from May 1971–November 1975.[10][8] The City of Rahway completed a $600,000 public plaza in front of the station in 2001.

Another station in the city, North Rahway, previously existed at Scott Avenue, near the Merck facility, but was closed and demolished in 1993.

Platform layout

Rahway is just northeast of the Perth Amboy Junction, where the Northeast Corridor and the North Jersey Coast lines split at Union Tower, so Rahway is one of several transfer stations on NJ Transit. The station has an island platform for the Trenton and Long Branch-bound side of the station. The New York City-bound platform is a side platform more typical of the Northeast Corridor. Service bound for Long Branch and other points on the North Jersey Coast Line use one side of this island platform just east of the junction, as these trains would not be able to switch off of the main track in time to switch onto tracks at the Junction towards the Jersey Shore.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

P Platform level	Track B	←      Northeast Corridor Line toward Jersey Avenue or Trenton (Metropark) ←      North Jersey Coast Line toward South Amboy, Long Branch or Bay Head (Avenel or Woodbridge)
	Island platform
	Track 4	←      Northeast Corridor Line toward Jersey Avenue or Trenton (Metropark)
	Track 3	←      Northeast Corridor Line,      North Jersey Coast Line express service does not stop here ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 2	←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
	Track 1	←      Amtrak services do not stop here → ←      Northeast Corridor Line,      North Jersey Coast Line express service does not stop here →
	Track A	←      Northeast Corridor Line toward New York (Linden) → ←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Linden) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Station building and parking

References

1. "Northeast Corridor Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
2. Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1836" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2019. Jan. 1, 1836 New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company begins revenue service to Rahway with 5 round trips with locomotive west of Newark; service east of Newark is still by horse car; schedule is run Jan. 1 & 2 as introduction.
3. "Pennsylvania Lets Contracts for Three Millions at Rahway". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 25, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "St. George Ave. Hosted Battles" (PDF). The Rahway News Record. Rahway, New Jersey. July 1985. p. 17. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
5. "State Spending $67,000 for Rail Car Batteries". The Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park Press. March 6, 1971. p. 26. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Daybook". The Daily Record. Long Branch, New Jersey. August 28, 1975. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Russell, Suzanne C. (August 13, 1998). "Ceremony Marks Renovation of Rahway Station". The Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 16. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "All-America Schedule - Effective November 30, 1975". timetables.org. Amtrak. p. 17. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
9. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
10. "Nationwide Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service - Effective May 1, 1971". timetables.org. Amtrak. p. 5. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

External links

Media related to Rahway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Irving Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Milton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Northeast Corridor timetable - NJ Transit