North Brunswick is a proposed railroad station along the

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(NEC) in

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, that will be built by

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(NJT) to serve its

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. Approved in 2013, it was planned to open in 2018 and projected to cost $30 million. It is one of several projects along the "New Jersey Speedway" section of the NEC. The station was proposed for the former

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facility on Route 1 and Aaron Road by the new owners of the site, and is part of a

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known as Main Street North Brunswick. New Jersey Transit's Fiscal 2015 capital budget allocated funding for the station. As of mid-2017, construction of the project had not begun. In October 2017, it was announced the project had received $50 million from the Transportation Trust Fund. In October 2019, NJT and Middlesex County had committed $70 million to start work on the station. In 2021 the County Improvement Authority hired WSP USA to design the station.

Mid-Line Loop and County Yard

NJT plans to build a

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and

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called the Mid-Line Loop between MP 36 and MP 37 on the NEC south of the new station, allowing trains to turn around and enter and leave service without crossing over tracks, and function as a staging area for a mid-line terminus. NJT originates trains to

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and

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during peak hours from the Jersey Avenue station, to the north in

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. NJT is creating a "train haven" at

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where equipment could be stored during serious storms. The work involves reconfiguring and expanding the yard into the adjacent Mile Run Yard, which is not in service. As of 2019, construction plans for the new station did not include construction of the mid-line loop.

High-speed corridor

In August 2011, the

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obligated $450 million to a six-year project to improve of the

for a high-speed corridor between New Brunswick and Trenton along what is called the "New Jersey Speedway". The Next Generation High-Speed project is to upgrade electrical power, signals, and overhead catenary wires to improve reliability and increase speed to , and with new trains to .

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Mid-Line Loop and County Yard

High-speed corridor

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