Metuchen station
Metuchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Looking towards New York on the inbound platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Main Street and Woodbridge Avenue Metuchen, New Jersey United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°32′26.70″N 74°21′37.22″W / 40.5407500°N 74.3603389°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 810, 813, 819 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 11, 1836 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1850s, 1870s,1888, 1978–1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 8, 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 26, 1975 | Amtrak service discontinued | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 1,884 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metuchen station is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States. Trains at Metuchen station are serviced by New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line between Trenton Transit Center or Jersey Avenue and New York Penn Station. The next station to the south is Edison while the next station to the north is Metropark. Amtrak services cross through the station without stopping. The station consists of two side platforms with a wooden station depot on the northbound tracks. Metuchen's station depot and the New York-bound platform are accessible from Woodbridge Avenue (County Route 660) while the Trenton-bound platform comes from Main Street (County Route 531). There is no station agent at Metuchen station, however ticket vending machines are available.