Jersey Avenue station

Jersey Avenue
Jersey Avenue
	The Trenton-bound tracks of Jersey Avenue facing northward towards Newark. New York-bound trains do not use this track when stopping at Jersey Avenue.
General information
Location	584 Jersey Avenue (NJ 91), New Brunswick, New Jersey ; United States
Coordinates	40°28′41″N74°28′16″W / 40.478194°N 74.470997°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 low-level side platforms
Tracks	5
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	October 24, 1963
Passengers
2012	1,588 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
Location
	Jersey Avenue Location within New Brunswick, NJ Jersey Avenue Jersey Avenue (New Jersey)

Last updated January 02, 2024

Jersey Avenue is a New Jersey Transit station on the Northeast Corridor Line in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is near Jersey Avenue, in an industrial area next to a New Jersey Transit rail yard. Unlike all other stations on the Northeast Corridor Line, Jersey Avenue has low-level platforms (the rest are elevated), and, since there is no wheelchair ramp, it is the only station on the line that is not handicapped-accessible. Jersey Avenue opened in October 1963 as part of an experimental park and ride program.

Jersey Avenue has a different layout than most New Jersey Transit stations. It has two platforms: a southbound platform on the main line for trains heading south toward Trenton Transit Center, and a northbound platform on a siding behind the southbound platform for trains heading north toward New York Penn Station. The platforms are separated by a parking lot. There is no platform on the northbound main line, so northbound trains from Trenton cannot serve Jersey Avenue. Some southbound trains do terminate at Jersey Avenue using the siding.

In April 2014 NJT approved a contract for a design for relocation and rebuilding the station platform to permit high-level boarding, along with pedestrian overpass, vertical circulation, improved parking, and bus connection areas, as well as improvements to 5 miles of the existing Delco freight line to make it a 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) main line track for passenger trains. As of 2015, additional design and engineering work to reconfigure the station was funded, but no construction date had been scheduled.^[3]

Services

As of 2021, Park America manages the parking lot at Jersey Avenue. Parking costs $60/month or $180/quarter as of May 1, 2021. Daily parking is also available for $6/day. Spaces in private lots adjacent to the station are available for $75–$100 per month.^[4]

History

The conception of the Jersey Avenue station dates back to July 16, 1963, when officials for the Pennsylvania Railroad and then-governor Richard J. Hughes broke ground on a new station and freight depot along the line by the Tri-State Transportation Committee. The new station was started as an 18-month experiment done by the committee to provide people with access from the railroad to their cars in a new park and ride. The station cost $256,185 (1963 USD) and supplemented the New Brunswick station 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north on Albany, Wall and Easton Streets. The new station, slated to open in October, was to be funded by grants from the state and federal governments, and was the inception for a new mass transit system.^[5] The station opened October 24, 1963.^[1]^[6]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms, one of which serves southbound NJ Transit trains at all times. Northbound trains originate from the siding track on weekdays; other northbound NJ Transit trains originating south of this station do not stop here. Some southbound NJ Transit trains terminate on the siding track. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

Ground/ platform level	Track Siding	← Northeast Corridor Line AM rush hours toward New York (New Brunswick) → ← Northeast Corridor Line termination track
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Parking lot
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 4	← Northeast Corridor Line weekdays toward Trenton (Princeton Junction) ← Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 3	← Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 2	← Amtrak services do not stop here →
	Track 1	← Amtrak services do not stop here → ← Northeast Corridor Line trains do not stop here →

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References

1 2 "Eisenhower Raised Moral Issue In Opposing A-Bombing of Japan;". New York Times. New York, New York. October 25, 1963.
↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
↑ "Train station could be moved to build flood-proof rail yard". December 9, 2015.
↑ "Jersey Ave - New Brunswick". New Brunswick, New Jersey: Park America Inc. 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
↑ "Ground is Broken in Railroad Test". The New York Times. New York, New York. July 17, 1963. p. 26.
↑ Park 'n Ride Rail Service; New Brunswick, Newark [and] New York City: A Final Report on the Mass Transportation Demonstration Project, October 27, 1963-April 24, 1965 (Report). Tri-State Transportation Commission. 1967.

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[news-1] 1 2 "Eisenhower Raised Moral Issue In Opposing A-Bombing of Japan;". New York Times. New York, New York. October 25, 1963.

[2] "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

[3] "Train station could be moved to build flood-proof rail yard". December 9, 2015.

[parking-4] "Jersey Ave - New Brunswick". New Brunswick, New Jersey: Park America Inc. 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[groundbreaking-5] "Ground is Broken in Railroad Test". The New York Times. New York, New York. July 17, 1963. p. 26.

[6] Park 'n Ride Rail Service; New Brunswick, Newark [and] New York City: A Final Report on the Mass Transportation Demonstration Project, October 27, 1963-April 24, 1965 (Report). Tri-State Transportation Commission. 1967.

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