Avenel (NJT station)

"Avenel Station" redirects here. For the railway station in Victoria, Australia, see Avenel railway station, Victoria.
Avenel

Train passing through Avenel Station
Location Avenel Street
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W / 40.5784333; -74.2772611Coordinates: 40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W / 40.5784333; -74.2772611
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 9
History
Rebuilt 1940, 1992[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 166 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edgar
New York and Long Branch Railroad

Avenel is a lightly used New Jersey Transit commuter rail station located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. On weekdays, it sees 7 northbound and 14 southbound trains stop. There is no weekend service. It is located on the North Jersey Coast Line between Rahway and Woodbridge stations. The station is one of three located in Woodbridge, with the Woodbridge station joining it on the North Jersey Coast Line and Metropark Station serving the Iselin section of Woodbridge on the Northeast Corridor Line.

The station has two short three-car high-level side platforms on two tracks with tactile warning strips and lampposts. It had been slated for closing by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access.[3] Ramps were installed instead to each platform at their southern ends.

The station is located directly over Avenel Street, which has a staircase on its northern sidewalk going up to each platform. The staircase to the New York-bound platform is enclosed while the one to the Long Branch-bound platform is exposed alongside the overpass. At the top of the stairs, each platform has a double long bus shelter with a white domed roof and bench.

The platforms have an additional entrance/exit at their southern ends. On each side, a twisting ramp and staircase goes to the service roads of Avenel Street. A pedestrian tunnel with staircases down at each end and concrete entry portals connect the platforms. The station's only Ticket Vending Machine, installed in May 2011, is located in a bus shelter along the end of the street beneath the Newark-bound platform.

Station layout

  ■ North Jersey Coast Line toward New York or Hoboken (Rahway)
  ■ North Jersey Coast Line toward Bay Head (Woodbridge)

References

  1. ↑ Troeger, Virginia B.; McEwen, Robert James (2002). Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780738523941.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Troeger, Virginia B.; McEwen, Robert James (2002), Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township, Arcadia Publishing, p. 104, ISBN 9780738523941

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