Garwood station

Garwood
Garwood
	Garwood station platforms in August 2014.
General information
Location	Center Street between North and South Avenues, Garwood, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°39′09″N 74°19′30″W / 40.6526°N 74.3249°W
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	17.3 miles (27.8 km) from Jersey City
Platforms	2 low-level side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 59, 113; Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	8
History
Opened	August 1892
Key dates
June 30, 1976	Station depot burned
Passengers
2012	83 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
Location
Location

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.^[4]

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.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is 200 feet (61 m) long and can accommodate two cars, while the outbound platform is 121 feet (37 m) long and accommodates one car.^[9]

References

^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
^ "The Boom at Garwood". The Plainfield Evening News. August 9, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State Items". The Daily Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 28, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Fire Destroys Rail Station". The Courier-News. p. 2. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
^ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
^ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit". Suburban News. March 16, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
^ "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 76, 81. Retrieved June 9, 2023.