New Brunswick station

New Brunswick
The 1904 station building as seen from Albany Street in September 2013.
General information
Location1 Railroad Plaza
New Brunswick, New Jersey
United States
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: NBK
Fare zone14 (NJT)
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1838
RebuiltOctober 1903September 28, 1904
ElectrifiedDecember 8, 1932
Passengers
20243,373 (average weekday) (NJT)
FY 202443,997 annually (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Princeton Junction
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Limited service
Metropark
toward New York
Princeton Junction Northeast Regional Metropark
     Acela does not stop here
     Cardinal does not stop here
     Carolinian does not stop here
     Crescent does not stop here
     Palmetto does not stop here
     Pennsylvanian does not stop here
     Silver Meteor does not stop here
     Vermonter does not stop here
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Jersey Avenue
weekdays
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line Edison
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Adams
toward Chicago
Main Line Edison
Terminus New Brunswick Line
Jersey Avenue
opened 1963
Terminus
Voorhees
toward East Millstone
Millstone Branch Terminus
New Brunswick Station
New Brunswick station in May 1985
Coordinates40°29′47″N 74°26′47″W / 40.49639°N 74.44639°W / 40.49639; -74.44639
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1903 (1903)
ArchitectWilliam H. Brown, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002732
NJRHP No.1875
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984
Location

New Brunswick is an active commuter railroad train station in the city of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The station services trains of New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and Amtrak's Keystone Service and Northeast Regional. For New Jersey Transit trains, the next station to the southwest (towards Trenton Transit Center) is Jersey Avenue, while the next station to the northeast (towards New York Penn Station) is Edison. For Amtrak services, the next station southwest is Princeton Junction, the next station to the northeast is Metropark. The station consists of two handicap-accessible side platforms surrounding the four tracks.

Railroad service in New Brunswick began on January 1, 1838 with the extension of the New Jersey Railroad from East Brunswick (modern-day Highland Park) over the Raritan River. Construction of the current station depot at the junction of Albany and French Streets (State Route 27) and Easton Avenue (County Route 527) began in October 1903, opening on September 28, 1904 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.