Woodbridge station (NJ Transit)

Woodbridge
Woodbridge
	Woodbridge station in June 2018
Location	Pearl Street between Main and Green Streets; Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Coordinates	40°33′25.54″N 74°16′40.02″W / 40.5570944°N 74.2777833°WCoordinates: 40°33′25.54″N 74°16′40.02″W / 40.5570944°N 74.2777833°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 48, 116, and 803
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 11, 1864
Rebuilt	1873; 1885; 1939; 2007
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2012	1,686 (average weekday)
Services
Former services

Woodbridge is a train station in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States. It is one of three NJT stations in Woodbridge, the others being Avenel and Metropark in the Iselin section of the township. It currently serves about 1,700 riders a day, making it one of the busiest stations on the North Jersey Coast Line.

History[]

The station was built in 1939 as a Depression-era public works project. Station renovation began in 2005 on a new platform and canopy and was completed in 2007. Improvements on the new platform include additional canopy space to provide more shelter, ADA-compliant restrooms and new wind shelters with push-button heaters.

Station layout[]

Woodbridge has one high-level island platform serving trains in both directions.

P Platform level	Track 1	← North Jersey Coast Line toward Long Branch or Bay Head (Perth Amboy)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	← North Jersey Coast Line toward Hoboken or New York (Avenel) →
G	Street level	Station building and parking

Gallery[]

Old Woodbridge train platform
Looking south on the old platform
Building the new platform

Bibliography[]

Poor, Henry Varnum (1893). Poor's Manual of Railroads, Volume 26. New York, New York: American Bank Note Company. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
Woodbridge High School (1955). History of Woodbridge Township. Township of Woodbridge.

References[]

^ Poor 1893, pp. 897–898.
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodbridge High School 1955, pp. 9–10.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

External links[]

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[FOOTNOTEPoor1893897–898-1] Poor 1893, pp. 897–898.

[FOOTNOTEWoodbridge_High_School19559–10-2] Woodbridge High School 1955, pp. 9–10.

[3] "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

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