Avenel (NJT station)
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Avenel is a lightly used New Jersey Transit
commuter rail station located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. On weekdays, it sees 7 northbound and 14 southbound trains stop. There is no weekend service. It is located on the North Jersey Coast Line
between Rahway
and Woodbridge
stations. The station is one of three located in Woodbridge, with the Woodbridge station joining it on the North Jersey Coast Line and Metropark Station
serving the Iselin section of Woodbridge on the Northeast Corridor Line
.
Avenel station had been slated for closing by former Gov. Corzine because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access. The station was saved by the community's recommendation that ramps be used instead.
The station was the site of an accident in which New Jersey Transit
train 2303 hit and killed 12-year-old Ashlyn Ferriero. The girl, an Avenel Middle School student, had been playing with four of her friends on the railway and was unable to pull herself up onto the platform as the train was approaching. The train's engineer noticed the girls on the track and applied the vehicle's emergency brake, but the system was unable to stop the train in time.
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...
commuter rail station located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. On weekdays, it sees 7 northbound and 14 southbound trains stop. There is no weekend service. It is located on the 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...
between 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...
and Woodbridge
Woodbridge (NJT station)
Woodbridge Station is a train station in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States. It is one of three NJT stations in Woodbridge Township, the others being Avenel and Metropark in the Iselin section of the township. The station was built in 1939 as a Depression-era public works project...
stations. The station is one of three located in Woodbridge, with the Woodbridge station joining it on the North Jersey Coast Line and Metropark Station
Metropark (NJT station)
Metropark Station is the name of a train station in Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, which is served by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains on the Northeast Corridor Line...
serving the Iselin section of Woodbridge on the Northeast Corridor Line
Northeast Corridor Line
The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail operation run by New Jersey Transit along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It is the successor to commuter services provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad along the section between Trenton, New Jersey and New York Penn Station...
.
Avenel station had been slated for closing by former Gov. Corzine because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access. The station was saved by the community's recommendation that ramps be used instead.
The station was the site of an accident in which New Jersey Transit
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...
train 2303 hit and killed 12-year-old Ashlyn Ferriero. The girl, an Avenel Middle School student, had been playing with four of her friends on the railway and was unable to pull herself up onto the platform as the train was approaching. The train's engineer noticed the girls on the track and applied the vehicle's emergency brake, but the system was unable to stop the train in time.