Metuchen is a New Jersey Transit station located southwest of New York Penn Station on the

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, in Metuchen, New Jersey. It is on Main Street between Pennsylvania and Woodbridge Avenues; the platforms are on an overpass over Main Street. The

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-bound platform and station office are accessible from Woodbridge Avenue, while the Trenton-bound platform is accessible from Pennsylvania Avenue. There is a station office but no station agents and passengers must use a

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. There is a newsstand in the waiting room of the northbound platform that operates on weekday mornings during

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. A private

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service operated between 2001–2003, but is now closed. There is, however, a taxi stand on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the station.

History

The station was built in 1888 by the

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and it was significantly renovated in 1979.

Station layout

The station has two high-level

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s. Most of

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services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References

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* {{PRR Main Line stations Metuchen, New Jersey NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Stations on the Northeast Corridor Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Railway stations in Middlesex County, New Jersey Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Former Amtrak stations in New Jersey