Aberdeen–Matawan station

40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W

Aberdeen-Matawan
General information
Location	Main Street & Atlantic Avenue Matawan, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 135
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	15
Passengers
2005	804,960  0%
Services
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Matawan Station
Map of the United States
Location	Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake, Other
NRHP reference No.	84002756

Aberdeen-Matawan is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Aberdeen Township and Matawan, New Jersey, United States. The station is 5 miles east of South Amboy and 2 miles west of Hazlet. This station, convenient to New Jersey State Route 35, is popular with commuters, and the busiest station on the line, between Bay Head and Rahway.

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Matawan Station in December 2006.

The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York bound platform.

All trains serve this station.

For many years, the station was known as just Matawan, as its stationhouse and main platform were in Matawan, and only an auxiliary platform and large extra parking area were in Aberdeen. In 1984, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places. When the station was reconstructed and expanded in the 1990s, the new stationhouse and main platforms were built on the Aberdeen (eastern) side of Atlantic Avenue. New Jersey Transit thought of renaming the station to just Aberdeen, but Matawan officials protested, as much of the town's recognition factor was due to the heavy use of the station by central New Jersey residents. Thus, the joint Aberdeen-Matawan name was adopted.

The former Freehold Branch can still be traced in a southeastern parking lot.

Connecting service

• New Jersey Transit bus: 135 (rush hours only).