Perth Amboy station

Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy station in April 2015.
General information
Location	Elm Street between Smith and Market Streets Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 48, 116, 813, 815, and 817
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	12[1]
History
Opened	June 28, 1875[2]
Rebuilt	1928[3] April 21, 2022–present[4]
Electrified	12 kV 25 Hz
Passengers
2012	874 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station South Amboy toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Woodbridge toward New York 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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Perth Amboy station's eastbound entrance
Coordinates	40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000
Built	1928[3]
Architect	A.E. Owen
Architectural style	Renaissance, Italian Renaissance Revival
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002735[6]
NJRHP No.	1899[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 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

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

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

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.

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey
• Perth Amboy Ferry Slip

Bibliography

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

References

External links

• NJT North Jersey Coast Line (World-NYC-Subway.org)
• Perth Amboy New Jersey Transit station (The Subway Nut)
• Smith Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Media related to Perth Amboy (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons