Perth Amboy station

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Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy Station - April 2015.jpg
Perth Amboy station in April 2015.
General information
LocationElm Street between Smith and Market Streets
Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NJT Bus : 48, 116, 813, 815, and 817
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone12 [1]
History
OpenedJune 28, 1875 [2]
Rebuilt1928 [3]
April 21, 2022present [4]
Electrified 12 kV 25 Hz
Passengers
2012874 (average weekday) [5]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
South Amboy
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line Woodbridge
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Terminus Elizabethport and Perth Amboy Branch Barber
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Terminus Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Genasco
toward Rahway
Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station
South Amboy Junction Main LineTerminus
Perth Amboy Station
Perth Amboy Station.jpg
Perth Amboy station's eastbound entrance
Location map of Middlesex County, New Jersey.svg
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USA New Jersey location map.svg
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Coordinates 40°30′33.35″N74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000
Built1928 [3]
ArchitectA.E. Owen
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italian Renaissance Revival
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No. 84002735 [6]
NJRHP No.1899 [7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

Perth Amboy is a station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The station is located in a cut between Elm Street and Maple Street and between Smith Street and Market Street in downtown Perth Amboy, and has two low side platforms.

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History

The station building was built in 1928 to replace an older structure built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey that was moved to Lewis Street and currently serves as a private residence there. [3] It been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. [8]

Station renovations

The station was refurbished in the 1990s. On June 16, 2010, New Jersey Transit (NJT) announced it had agreed to a $1 million (2010 USD) contract for a consultant to study the addition of high-level platforms to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). NJ Transit's 2015 budget allocated $9.6 million for the final design for a major renovation that would make the station compliant with the ADA by adding elevators, and also include canopies and upgrades to communication systems. [9] [10] Ground was broken on the $45 million (2022 USD) project on April 21, 2022, with Governor Phil Murphy in attendance. [4]

Station layout

Perth Amboy has two tracks and two low-level asphalt side platforms. The platforms are located below street level in a cut. At street level, there is a ticket office.

GStreet levelStation building, crossover between platforms, parking
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1      North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (South Amboy)
Track 2      North Jersey Coast Line toward New York (Woodbridge)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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References

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