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Rahway
Rahway station in August 2014
General information
Location	Milton Avenue, between Irving & Broad Streets Rahway, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°36′23″N 74°16′34″W / 40.6065°N 74.276°W / 40.6065; -74.276
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	6
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 48
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	8
History
Opened	January 1, 1836
Rebuilt	1885 November 1911–July 26, 1913 March 1971–August 28, 1975 January 1996–August 1998
Electrified	December 8, 1932
Key dates
November 12, 1884	Station depot burns
November 1975	Amtrak service discontinued
Passengers
2012	3,236 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Metroparktoward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Lindentoward New York Penn Station Aveneltoward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line
Former services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Metroparktoward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line North Rahway(closed 1993)toward New York Penn Station Aveneltoward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Metuchentoward Chicago Main Line Lindentoward New York or Exchange Place Perth Amboy Junctiontoward New Brunswick New Brunswick Line Scott Avenuetoward New York or Exchange Place Aveneltoward Perth Amboy Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Terminus
Location

Rahway station is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey that is located 20.7 miles southwest of New York Penn Station, with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines.

History

The station first opened on January 1, 1836. The station is located in downtown Rahway on an embankment completed in 1913, with bridges over Milton Avenue and Irving and Cherry Streets. The present station was built by New Jersey Transit at a cost of $16 million and opened in early 1999. It replaced a passenger station built by the Penn Central and the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1974, which was an Amtrak stop from May 1971–November 1975. The City of Rahway completed a $600,000 public plaza in front of the station in 2001.

Another station in the city, North Rahway, previously existed at Scott Avenue, near the Merck facility, but was closed and demolished in 1993.

Platform layout

Rahway is just northeast of the Perth Amboy Junction, where the Northeast Corridor and the North Jersey Coast lines split at Union Tower, so Rahway is one of several transfer stations on NJ Transit. The station has an island platform for the Trenton and Long Branch-bound side of the station. The New York City-bound platform is a side platform more typical of the Northeast Corridor. Service bound for Long Branch and other points on the North Jersey Coast Line use one side of this island platform just east of the junction, as these trains would not be able to switch off of the main track in time to switch onto tracks at the Junction towards the Jersey Shore.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

Bibliography

• Pennsylvania Railroad (March 9, 1886). Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the Stockholders Presented at the Meeting Held March 9th, 1886. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved April 19, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

1. "Northeast Corridor Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
2. Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1836" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2019. Jan. 1, 1836 New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company begins revenue service to Rahway with 5 round trips with locomotive west of Newark; service east of Newark is still by horse car; schedule is run Jan. 1 & 2 as introduction.
3. ^ Pennsylvania Railroad 1886, p. 103.
4. "Pennsylvania Lets Contracts for Three Millions at Rahway". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 25, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "St. George Ave. Hosted Battles" (PDF). The Rahway News Record. Rahway, New Jersey. July 1985. p. 17. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
6. "State Spending $67,000 for Rail Car Batteries". The Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park Press. March 6, 1971. p. 26. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Daybook". The Daily Record. Long Branch, New Jersey. August 28, 1975. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Russell, Suzanne C. (August 13, 1998). "Ceremony Marks Renovation of Rahway Station". The Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 16. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Electric Train Service Started by P.R.R. Today". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 8, 1932. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "All-America Schedule – Effective November 30, 1975". timetables.org. Amtrak. p. 17. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
11. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
12. "Nationwide Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service – Effective May 1, 1971". timetables.org. Amtrak. p. 5. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

External links

Media related to Rahway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Irving Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Milton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Northeast Corridor timetable – NJ Transit

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Railway stations in Union County, New Jersey
• Former Amtrak stations in New Jersey
• Stations on the Northeast Corridor
• Stations on the North Jersey Coast Line
• Rahway, New Jersey
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1836
• 1836 establishments in New Jersey
• Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations