Garwood station explained

Garwood
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Center Street between North and South Avenues, Garwood, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.6526°N -74.3249°W
Line:Raritan Valley Line
Other:NJ Transit Bus


Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service

Platform:2 low-level side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:83 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2012
Opened:August 1892[2] [3]
Years1:June 30, 1976
Events1:Station depot burned[4]
Accessible:No
Zone:8
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:12

Garwood is a New Jersey Transit (NJT) railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Garwood, New Jersey. There are two short, low platforms on each side, long enough for two cars only. Passengers using the inbound platform must cross over a siding track. Access to neighboring stations is available on the 59 or 113 bus to Newark and New York, traveling between Cranford and Westfield stations. Since June 2011, a ticket vending machine (TVM) has been available on the inbound platform. The former Jersey Central Railroad depot, built in 1892, burned in an early morning fire on June 30, 1976.

Garwood station has been identified as the western terminus of the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit line utilizing the a portion of the abandoned Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) right-of-way between it and Midtown Station, a transit hub combining the NJT station and the former CNJ station in Elizabeth.[5] [6] [7]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is long and can accommodate two cars, while the outbound platform is long and accommodates one car.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . December 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
  2. News: The Boom at Garwood . July 28, 2019 . The Plainfield Evening News . August 9, 1892 . 3. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: State Items . July 28, 2019 . The Daily Times . October 28, 1892 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Fire Destroys Rail Station . April 16, 2019 . The Courier-News . 2. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Union County Go bus expressway . NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation . New Jersey Transit . April 26, 2020 . March 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131013230233/http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/New-Jersey-Transit-BRT-Initiatives-Go-Bus28-and-Reuse-of-a-Right-of-way-in-Union-County.pdf . October 13, 2013 . dead .
  6. News: Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit . Suburban News . March 16, 2012 . February 1, 2012 .
  7. Web site: Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study . North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization . 2011 . March 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101110215531/http://www.njtpa.org/Plan/Studies/ElizabethDowntownMulti-ModalIntegrationStudy.aspx . November 10, 2010 .
  8. Web site: July 2020 . RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN . 2023-06-09 . 76; 81.