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,[3] 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.
LocationMain Street & Woodbridge Avenue
Metuchen, NJ
United States
Coordinates40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections NJT Bus: 810, 813, and 819
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone11
History
Opened1888
Rebuilt1979
ElectrifiedDecember 8, 1932[1]
Passengers
20123,810 (average weekday)[2]
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[4][5] 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. "Electric Train Service Started by P.R.R. Today". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 8, 1932. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Quarterly Ridership Trends Analysis" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. "Metuchen Train Station to Offer Concierge Service to Commuters". Home News Tribune. August 7, 2001. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  4. http://www.richardgrubb.com/pdf/Awards/nextstopmetuchen6.pdf
  5. 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.
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