Woodbridge station (NJ Transit)

Woodbridge is a train station in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States. It is one of three NJT stations in Woodbridge, the others being Avenel and Metropark in the Iselin section of the township. It currently serves about 1,700 riders a day, making it one of the busiest stations on the North Jersey Coast Line.

Woodbridge
Woodbridge station in June 2018
Location	Pearl Street between Main and Green Streets Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Coordinates	40°33′25.54″N 74°16′40.02″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 48, 116, and 803
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 11, 1864[1]
Rebuilt	1873[2] 1885[2] 1939[2] 2007
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	1,686 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Perth Amboy toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Avenel toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Genasco toward Perth Amboy Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Edgar toward Rahway

History

The station was built in 1939 as a Depression-era public works project. Station renovation began in 2005 on a new platform and canopy and was completed in 2007. Improvements on the new platform include additional canopy space to provide more shelter, ADA-compliant restrooms and new wind shelters with push-button heaters.

Station layout

Woodbridge has one high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.

P Platform level	Track 1	←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Perth Amboy)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	←      North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Avenel or Rahway) →
G	Street level	Station building and parking

Gallery

• 
  Old Woodbridge train platform
• 
  Looking south on the old platform
• 
  Building the new platform

See also

• Woodbridge train wreck

Bibliography

• Poor, Henry Varnum (1893). Poor's Manual of Railroads, Volume 26. New York, New York: American Bank Note Company. Retrieved February 2, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Woodbridge High School (1955). History of Woodbridge Township. Township of Woodbridge.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. Poor 1893, pp. 897–898.
2. Woodbridge High School 1955, pp. 9–10.
3. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

External links

Media related to Woodbridge (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Photographs of the Woodbridge Train Station construction project
• Green Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View