Perth Amboy station explained
| Perth Amboy |
| Style: | NJ Transit |
| Style2: | NJ Transit BOF |
| Address: | Elm Street between Smith and Market Streets
Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861 |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Opened: | June 28, 1875 |
| Rebuilt: | 1928[1]
April 21, 2022 - present[2] |
| Electrified: | 12 kV 25 Hz |
| Accessible: | No |
| Owned: | New Jersey Transit |
| Zone: | 12[3] |
| Passengers: | 874 (average weekday)[4] |
| Pass Year: | 2012 |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Nrhp: | | Embed: | yes | | Perth Amboy Station | | Coordinates: | 40.5093°N -74.2738°W | | Mapframe: | yes | | Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 12 |
| | Built: | 1928 | | Architect: | A.E. Owen | | Architecture: | Renaissance, Italian Renaissance Revival | | Added: | June 22, 1984 | | Mpsub: | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | | Refnum: | 84002735 | | Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP | | Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Date: | March 17, 1984 | | Designated Other1 Number: | 1899[5] | | Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom | | Designated Other1 Color: | - ffc94b
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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
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. 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.[6]
Station renovations
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.[7] [8] Ground was broken on the $45 million (2022 USD) project on April 21, 2022, with Governor Phil Murphy in attendance.
Station layout
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.
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Notes and References
- News: Kent . Spencer . Perth Amboy Awarded Nearly $47M to Renovate Historic Train Station . April 4, 2021 . NJ.com . New Jersey Advance Media . December 16, 2016.
- News: Higgs . Larry . $45M Project at NJ Transit Station to Help Parents With Strollers, N.J. City's Redevelopment . May 30, 2022 . . April 21, 2022.
- Web site: North Jersey Coast Timetables. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 27, 2010. November 7, 2010. Newark, New Jersey.
- Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . December 27, 2012 . December 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 11 . December 28, 2020 .
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84002735}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Perth Amboy Station ]. National Park Service. Richard . Meyer . August 1981 . With
- NJ Transit Advances Perth Amboy Station Improvements. June 16, 2010. June 16, 2010.
- News: Epstein . Sue . NJ Transit earmarks $9.6 million for rehabilitation of Perth Amboy train station . The Star-Ledger . July 18, 2014 . 2014-07-21.
