Garwood station

Garwood
Garwood station platforms in August 2014.
Location Center Street between North and South Avenues, Garwood, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°39′09″N 74°19′30″W / 40.6526°N 74.3249°W / 40.6526; -74.3249Coordinates: 40°39′09″N 74°19′30″W / 40.6526°N 74.3249°W / 40.6526; -74.3249
Line(s)
  Raritan Valley Line
Platforms 2 low-level side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 59 and 113
Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service
Construction
Platform levels 1
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Fare zone 8
History
Opened 1892[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 83 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line
  Former services  
Preceding station   Central Railroad of New Jersey   Following station
toward Scranton
Main Line
toward Communipaw

Garwood is a New Jersey Transit (NJT) railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Garwood, New Jersey. There are two short, low platforms on each side, long enough for 2 cars only. Passengers using the inbound platform must cross over a siding track. Access to neighboring stations is available on the 59 or 113 bus to Newark and New York, traveling between Cranford and Westfield stations. This station is currently for limited service, including most local peak trains, and 3 weekend trains in each direction stop there.

Since June 2011, a ticket vending machine (TVM) is currently available on the inbound platform.

Garwood station has been identified as the western terminus of the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit line utilizing the a portion of the abandoned Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) right-of-way between it and Midtown Station, a transit hub combining the NJT station and the former CNJ station in Elizabeth.[3] [4][5]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms. The northbound outer track has been removed and the southbound outer track is not built for platform access.

P
Platform level		 No track ← Former trackbed →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Westfield)
Track 2 Raritan Valley Line toward Newark – Penn or New York (Cranford) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Station building, ticket machine, parking

References

  1. ↑ Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 59. ISBN 1891402072.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2020. Retrieved 2012-03-30. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit", Suburban News, March 16, 2012, retrieved 2012-02-01
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-30.


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