Rahway station

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Rahway
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Rahway station in August 2014
General information
LocationMilton Avenue, between Irving & Broad Streets
Rahway, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°36′23″N74°16′34″W / 40.6065°N 74.276°W / 40.6065; -74.276
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s) Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks6
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NJ Transit Bus: 48
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone8 [1]
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1836 [2]
Rebuilt1885 [3]
November 1911 [4] –July 26, 1913 [5]
March 1971 [6] –August 28, 1975 [7]
January 1996–August 1998 [8]
ElectrifiedDecember 8, 1932 [9]
Key dates
November 12, 1884Station depot burns [3]
November 1975 Amtrak service discontinued [10]
Passengers
20123,236 (average weekday) [11]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Metropark
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line Linden
toward New York
Avenel
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line Linden
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Metropark
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line North Rahway
(closed 1993)
toward New York
Avenel
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line North Rahway
(closed 1993)
toward New York or Hoboken
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Metuchen
toward Chicago
Main Line Linden
Perth Amboy Junction New Brunswick Line Scott Avenue
Avenel
toward Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Terminus

Rahway station is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey that is located 20.7 miles southwest of New York Penn Station, with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines.

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History

The station first opened on January 1, 1836. The station is located in downtown Rahway on an embankment completed in 1913, with bridges over Milton Avenue and Irving and Cherry Streets. The present station was built by New Jersey Transit at a cost of $16 million and opened in early 1999. It replaced a passenger station built by the Penn Central and the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1974, which was an Amtrak stop from May 1971–November 1975. [12] [10] The City of Rahway completed a $600,000 public plaza in front of the station in 2001.

Another station in the city, North Rahway, previously existed at Scott Avenue, near the Merck facility, but was closed and demolished in 1993.

Platform layout

Rahway is just northeast of the Perth Amboy Junction, where the Northeast Corridor and the North Jersey Coast lines split at Union Tower, so Rahway is one of several transfer stations on NJ Transit. The station has an island platform for the Trenton and Long Branch-bound side of the station. The New York City-bound platform is a side platform more typical of the Northeast Corridor. Service bound for Long Branch and other points on the North Jersey Coast Line use one side of this island platform just east of the junction, as these trains would not be able to switch off of the main track in time to switch onto tracks at the Junction towards the Jersey Shore.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

P
Platform level
Track B      Northeast Corridor Line toward Jersey Avenue or Trenton (Metropark)
      North Jersey Coast Line toward South Amboy, Long Branch or Bay Head (Avenel)
Island platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
Track 4      Northeast Corridor Line toward Jersey Avenue or Trenton (Metropark)
Track 3      Northeast Corridor Line,       North Jersey Coast Line express service does not stop
      Amtrak services do not stop
Track 2      Amtrak services do not stop →
Track 1      Amtrak services do not stop →
      Northeast Corridor Line,       North Jersey Coast Line express service does not stop →
Track A      Northeast Corridor Line toward New York (Linden)
      North Jersey Coast Line toward New York (Linden)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
GStreet levelStation building and parking

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