Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station)
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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
.
The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms, as well as two abandoned low side platforms, and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York bound platform. All trains on the North Jersey Coast Line serve this station.
For many years, the New York and Long Branch Railroad
-built 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.
New Jersey Transit
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...
's North Jersey Coast Line
North Jersey Coast Line
The North Jersey Coast Line is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail service operating between New York Penn Station or Hoboken Terminal and Bay Head, New Jersey...
, located in Aberdeen Township
Aberdeen Township, New Jersey
Aberdeen Township is a Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 18,210....
and Matawan, New Jersey
Matawan, New Jersey
Matawan is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,810. The name "Matawan" comes from a Native American Lenape word....
, United States
United States
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. The station is 5 miles east of South Amboy
South Amboy (NJT station)
South Amboy is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line located in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States. The station is 2½ miles east of Perth Amboy station and 5 miles west of Aberdeen-Matawan station. Electric trains from the north started terminating here in 1938, and many...
and 2 miles west of Hazlet
Hazlet (NJT station)
Hazlet is one of 20 New Jersey Transit commuter rail stations on the North Jersey Coast Line and serves 1,052 daily riders. The station is located between Hazlet Avenue and Holmdel-Keyport Road in Hazlet, New Jersey, United States....
. This station, convenient to New Jersey State Route 35, is popular with commuters, and the busiest station on the line, between Bay Head
Bay Head (NJT station)
Bay Head is a railway station in Bay Head, New Jersey. This station is served by trains on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, and it is the southern terminus for the line. The rail yard contains of wetland inside the loop formed by the tracks used to turn around the trains. The rail...
and Rahway
Rahway (NJT station)
Rahway Station is a New Jersey Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines. It is in the downtown part of the city on an embankment completed in 1913 and trestles over Milton Avenue and Irving and Cherry Streets. The present...
.
The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms, as well as two abandoned low side platforms, and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York bound platform. All trains on the North Jersey Coast Line serve this station.
For many years, the New York and Long Branch Railroad
New York and Long Branch Railroad
The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad. The railroad was jointly owned and operated by the Pennsylvania...
-built 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
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. 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.