Avenel station

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
toward Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch
Terminus

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 New Jersey Transit because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access.[3] Ramps were installed instead to each platform at their southern ends.

Station layout

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.


P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← North Jersey Coast Line limited service toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Woodbridge)
Track 2 North Jersey Coast Line limited service toward Hoboken or New York (Rahway) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Ticket vending machines and parking

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 from the original (PDF) 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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