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Coordinates: 40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000
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Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy station in April 2015.
General information
LocationElm Street between Smith and Market Streets
Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 48, 116, 813, 815, and 817
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone12[1]
History
OpenedJune 28, 1875[2]
Rebuilt1928[3]
April 21, 2022–present[4]
Electrified12 kV 25 Hz
Passengers
2012874 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
South Amboy
toward Bay Head
 North Jersey Coast Line Woodbridge
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Terminus Elizabethport and Perth Amboy Branch Barber
toward Elizabethport
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Terminus Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Genasco
toward Rahway
Preceding station New York and Long Branch Railroad Following station
South Amboy Junction
toward Bay Head Junction
 Main Line Terminus
Perth Amboy Station
Perth Amboy station's eastbound entrance
Map
Coordinates40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000
Built1928[3]
ArchitectA.E. Owen
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italian Renaissance Revival
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002735[6]
NJRHP No.1899[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

Perth Amboy is a station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The station is located in a cut between Elm Street and Maple Street and between Smith Street and Market Street in downtown Perth Amboy, and has two low side platforms.

History

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The station building was built in 1928 to replace an older structure built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey that was moved to Lewis Street and currently serves as a private residence there.[3] It been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[8]

Station renovations

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The station was refurbished in the 1990s. On June 16, 2010, New Jersey Transit (NJT) announced it had agreed to a $1 million (2010 USD) contract for a consultant to study the addition of high-level platforms to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). NJ Transit's 2015 budget allocated $9.6 million for the final design for a major renovation that would make the station compliant with the ADA by adding elevators, and also include canopies and upgrades to communication systems.[9][10] Ground was broken on the $45 million (2022 USD) project on April 21, 2022, with Governor Phil Murphy in attendance.[4]

Station layout

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Perth Amboy has two tracks and two low-level asphalt side platforms. The platforms are located below street level in a cut. At street level, there is a ticket office.[citation needed]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren (1923). History of Union County, New Jersey 1664-1923 · Volume 1. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.

References

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  1. ^ "North Jersey Coast Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Honeyman 1923, p. 170.
  3. ^ a b c Kent, Spencer (December 16, 2016). "Perth Amboy Awarded Nearly $47M to Renovate Historic Train Station". NJ.com. New Jersey Advance Media. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Higgs, Larry (April 21, 2022). "$45M Project at NJ Transit Station to Help Parents With Strollers, N.J. City's Redevelopment". New Jersey Advance Media. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84002735)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 11.
  8. ^ Meyer, Richard (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Perth Amboy Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 2 photos
  9. ^ "NJ Transit Advances Perth Amboy Station Improvements" (Press release). June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  10. ^ Epstein, Sue (July 18, 2014). "NJ Transit earmarks $9.6 million for rehabilitation of Perth Amboy train station". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
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