Garwood station
Garwood | |||||||||||||
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Location | Center Street between North and South Avenues, Garwood, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°39′09″N 74°19′30″W / 40.6526°N 74.3249°WCoordinates: 40°39′09″N 74°19′30″W / 40.6526°N 74.3249°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 59, 113 Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Fare zone | 8 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | August 1892[1][2] | ||||||||||||
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June 30, 1976 | Station depot burned[3] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012 | 83 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||||
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Garwood is a New Jersey Transit (NJT) railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Garwood, New Jersey. There are two short, low platforms on each side, long enough for 2 cars only. Passengers using the inbound platform must cross over a siding track. Access to neighboring stations is available on the 59 or 113 bus to Newark and New York, traveling between Cranford and Westfield stations. Since June 2011, a ticket vending machine (TVM) has been available on the inbound platform. The former Jersey Central Railroad depot, built in 1892, burned in an early morning fire on June 30, 1976.[3]
Garwood station has been identified as the western terminus of the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit line utilizing the a portion of the abandoned Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) right-of-way between it and Midtown Station, a transit hub combining the NJT station and the former CNJ station in Elizabeth.[5][6][7]
Station layout[]
The station has two low-level side platforms. The northbound outer track has been removed and the southbound outer track is not built for platform access. Access to the Track 2 platform requires crossing Track 4 at grade.
P Platform level |
Trackbed | No service |
Side platform | ||
Track 1 | ← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Westfield) | |
Track 2 | Raritan Valley Line toward Newark Penn Station (Cranford) → | |
Side platform | ||
Track 4 | No service | |
G | Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
References[]
- ^ "The Boom at Garwood". The Plainfield Evening News. August 9, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State Items". The Daily Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 28, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Fire Destroys Rail Station". The Courier-News. p. 2. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit", Suburban News, March 16, 2012, retrieved February 1, 2012
- ^ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
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