Metuchen station

Metuchen
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 / 40.5407500; -74.3603389
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 810, 813, 819
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	11
History
Opened	July 11, 1836[1][2]
Rebuilt	1850s,[2] 1870s,[2]1888, 1978–1979[3][4]
Electrified	December 8, 1932[5]
Key dates
October 26, 1975	Amtrak service discontinued[6]
Passengers
2012	3,810 (average weekday)[7]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Edison toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Metropark toward New York
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Edison toward Chicago Main Line Rahway toward New York or Exchange Place Edison toward New Brunswick New Brunswick Line Menlo Park toward New York or Exchange Place Terminus Bonhampton Branch Bonhampton Terminus
Location

Metuchen station is an active commuter railroad train station in the borough of Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey. 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.