Metuchen station

Metuchen is a New Jersey Transit station located 27.1 miles (43.6 km) southwest of New York Penn 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.

Metuchen
Looking towards New York on the inbound platform.
Location	Main Street & Woodbridge Avenue Metuchen, NJ United States
Coordinates	40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
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 Following station Edison toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Metropark toward New York Penn Station
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Stelton toward Chicago Main Line Rahway toward New York or Exchange Place Menlo Park toward New York or Exchange Place Stelton toward New Brunswick New Brunswick Line

History

Metuchen station, c. 1940

The station was built in 1888 by the Pennsylvania Railroad[3][4] and it was significantly renovated in 1979.

Station layout

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

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 4	←      Northeast Corridor Line toward Jersey Avenue or Trenton (Edison) ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 3	←      Northeast Corridor Line PM express service does not stop here ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 2	←      Amtrak services do not stop here → ←      Northeast Corridor Line AM express service does not stop here →
	Track 1	←      Amtrak services do not stop here → ←      Northeast Corridor Line toward New York (Metropark) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Station building and parking

References

1. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). 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. http://www.richardgrubb.com/pdf/Awards/nextstopmetuchen6.pdf
4. 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.

External links

• Media related to Metuchen station at Wikimedia Commons