Elizabeth (NJT station)

"Elizabeth Station" redirects here. For the railway station in Adelaide, see Elizabeth railway station.

Elizabeth
File:Elizabeth Station - January 2015.jpg A late afternoon train approaches the Trenton-bound platform on the Elizabeth station in January 2015.
Location	11 West Grand Street Elizabeth, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NJT Bus: 26, 48, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, and 112 ONE Bus: 24
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Racks and Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	3,807 (weekday) (NJT)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Linden toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line North Elizabeth toward New York Penn Station Linden toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Linden toward Chicago Main Line Newark (South Street) toward New York City or Exchange Place South Elizabeth toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad North Elizabeth toward New York City or Exchange Place
Elizabeth Station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The former Central Railroad of New Jersey depot near Elizabeth station.
Location	Morris Ave., and Broad St., Elizabeth, New Jersey
Coordinates
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1893 (1893)
Architect	Bruce Price
Architectural style	Roanesque, Victorian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002825
Added to NRHP	September 29, 1984

Elizabeth is a New Jersey Transit station in Midtown in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is 15.4 miles southwest of New York Penn Station on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast It is between Broad Street and West Grand Street on an embankment and a viaduct. This station is often called Broad Street Elizabeth to distinguish it from North Elizabeth station. A number of bus lines have stops near this station.

In January 2015 it was announced that a new station house, platforms, and stairways would be built. The project is estimated to cost $55 million (2015 USD). The design was made in coordination with Amtrak which intends to add a fifth track to the Northeast Corridor, which it owns, that passes through the station.

CNJ station

At the station the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (today's Northeast Corridor) crossed over the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ); both railroads had stations there and passengers could transfer between them. The CNJ right-of-way in Elizabeth is now abandoned, and passenger trains which serve the former CNJ mainline (New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line service) bypass Elizabeth via the Aldene Connection on their way to Newark Penn Station. The CNJ line station suffered from a freight train wreck on November 4, 1972 when a boxcar derailed and pulled several other cars into the canopy. Although the buildings and freight cars were damaged, there were no injuries. The CNJ head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984, listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

The proposed Union County Light Rail, which would have connected midtown Elizabeth with Newark Airport, would have had its western terminus at this station. The station for this line would have been referred to as Midtown to distinguish from the other stations in Elizabeth on this line. The plan has been replaced by the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit system between Garwood and the airport.

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• Mid-Town Historic District

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Elizabeth
• DepartureVision real time train information for Elizabeth
  • NJT Northeast Corridor Line schedule
  • North Jersey Coast Line schedule
• Broad Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Grand Street entrance from Google Maps Street View