Jersey Avenue (NJT station)

Jersey Avenue (NJT station)
Jersey Avenue
Jersey Avenue on Trenton-bound tracks towards Newark.JPG
The Trenton-bound tracks of Jersey Avenue facing northward towards Newark. Newark-bound trains do not use this track when stopping at Jersey Avenue.
Station statistics
Lines
Tracks 5
Other information
Opened October 24, 1963[1]
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 14
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,535 (average weekday) decrease 10.88%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line

Jersey Avenue Station is a New Jersey Transit station on the Northeast Corridor Line, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is located on Jersey Avenue in an industrial area adjacent to a New Jersey Transit rail yard. Certain rush hour and off-peak trains originate or have their southern terminus at Jersey Avenue. Most passengers who use the station are weekday commuters to Newark or New York City[citation needed]. As a result, there is no weekend service at the station. Unlike all of the other stations on the Northeast Corridor Line, Jersey Avenue is a low-level platform station (the rest are elevated). As such, it is the only station on the line that is not handicap accessible. There are two separate platforms at Jersey Avenue, separated by the station's parking lot. The Newark/New York bound platform is an island platform which is covered and the Trenton-bound platform is a normal side platform.

Jersey Avenue opened in October 1963, as part of an experimental park & ride program.

No northbound trains stop at Jersey Avenue from the south; in order to ride to Newark or New York City, passengers must take a train which originates at Jersey Avenue. While some southbound trains terminate at Jersey Avenue, many others stop at the low platform on the main Northeast Corridor Line. Passengers getting off a train that stops at this low platform must use an end door towards the front of the train where conductors are posted.

Local trains are scheduled to take about an hour to travel from here to New York City. Some express trains can take as little as 43 minutes.

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Services

The New Brunswick Parking Authority manages the parking lot at Jersey Avenue. Parking costs $180/quarter as of January 1, 2010. There is currently a waiting list of 2 Years. Daily parking is available in the white numbered spaces at the rear of the overflow lot for $6.00/day. Spaces in private lots adjacent to the station are available for $75–$100 per month.[2]

History

Jersey Avenue station at Sunset along the Trenton-bound tracks

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) to construct, providing backup to the New Brunswick station only 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 both grants from the state and federal governments, and was the inception for a new mass transit system.[3] The new station opened October 24, 1963 to the public for future use as the experimental station.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Eisenhower Raised Moral Issue In Opposing A-Bombing of Japan;". New York Times (New York, New York). October 25, 1963. 
  2. ^ "Parking Locator (Sites F & G)". New Brunswick, New Jersey: New Brunswick Parking Authority. 2009. http://www.njnbpa.org/parking-locator. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 
  3. ^ "Ground is Broken in Railroad Test". The New York Times (New York, New York): pp. 26. July 17, 1963. 

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Coordinates: 40°28′41″N 74°28′16″W / 40.478194°N 74.470997°W / 40.478194; -74.470997


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