Elizabeth station

"Elizabeth Station" redirects here. For the railway station in Adelaide, see Elizabeth railway station.
Elizabeth

A late afternoon train approaches the Trenton-bound platform on the Elizabeth station in January 2015.
Location 11 West Grand Street
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Northeast Corridor Line
  North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections NJT Bus: 26, 48, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, and 112
ONE Bus: 24
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Racks and Lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 5
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 3,807 (weekday)[1] (NJT)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
Newark (South Street)
South Elizabeth
New York and Long Branch Railroad
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Crusader
Terminus
Elizabeth Station
(Central Railroad of New Jersey)

The former Central Railroad of New Jersey station, with the current Elizabeth station in the background.
Location Morris Ave., and Broad St., Elizabeth, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°W / 40.66778; -74.21500Coordinates: 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°W / 40.66778; -74.21500
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1893 (1893)
Architect Bruce Price
Architectural style Roanesque, Victorian Romanesque
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference # 84002825[2]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1984

Elizabeth is a New Jersey Transit station in Midtown in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is 15.4 miles southwest of New York Penn Station on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast It is between Broad Street and West Grand Street on an embankment and a viaduct. This station is often called Broad Street Elizabeth to distinguish it from North Elizabeth station. A number of bus lines have stops near this station.

In January 2015 it was announced that a new station house, platforms, and stairways would be built. The project is estimated to cost $55 million (2015 USD).[3] The design was made in coordination with Amtrak which intends to add a fifth track to the Northeast Corridor, which it owns, that passes through the station.[4][5][6][7]

CNJ station

The former Central Railroad of New Jersey station house

At the station, the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (today's Northeast Corridor) crossed over the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ); both railroads had stations there and passengers could transfer between them. While the CNJ station has been renovated and used as commercial space, the CNJ right-of-way in Elizabeth is unused, and passenger trains which serve the former CNJ mainline (NJT's Raritan Valley Line service) bypass Elizabeth via the Aldene Connection on their way to Newark Penn Station. The CNJ station suffered from a freight train wreck on November 4, 1972, when a boxcar derailed and pulled several other cars into the canopy. Although the buildings and freight cars were damaged, there were no injuries.[8] The CNJ head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984,[9] listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[10]

The proposed Union County Light Rail, which would have connected midtown Elizabeth with Newark Airport, would have had its western terminus at this station. The station for this line would have been referred to as Midtown to distinguish from the other stations in Elizabeth on this line. The plan has been replaced by the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit system between Garwood and the airport.[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Lannan, Katie (January 12, 2015). "$55 million redesign, two-story building planned for Elizabeth NJ Transit station". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, Douglas John (January 12, 2015). "Plans for NJT Elizabeth station upgrade touted". Railway Age. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS DESIGN PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF ELIZABETH STATION" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Critical Infrastructure Needs on the Northeast Corridor" (PDF). Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission. January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "NEC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF RELEVANCE TO NEW JERSEY" (PDF). ARP. January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Wreck at Elizabeth, NJ". Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  9. ↑ Monmouth County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 2, 2007.
  10. ↑ Elizabeth New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  11. ↑ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  12. ↑ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit", Suburban News, March 16, 2012, retrieved 2012-02-01
  13. ↑ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

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