Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station)

Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station)
Aberdeen-Matawan
Aberdeen Matawan station.jpg
Aberdeen-Matawan Station, December 2006.
Station statistics
Address Main Street and Atlantic Avenue
Matawan, New Jersey
Lines
Connections NJT Bus NJT Bus: 135
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 15
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 2,790 (average weekday) decrease 9.25%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line
Matawan Station
Matawan Station at night
Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station) is located in New Jersey
Location: Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates: 40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.420194°N 74.2236056°W / 40.420194; -74.2236056Coordinates: 40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.420194°N 74.2236056°W / 40.420194; -74.2236056
Architectural style: Stick/Eastlake, Other
NRHP Reference#: 84002756
NJRHP #: 2017[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP: March 17, 1984

Aberdeen-Matawan is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Aberdeen Township and Matawan, New Jersey, United States. The station is 5 miles east of South Amboy and 2 miles west of Hazlet. This station, convenient to New Jersey State Route 35, is popular with commuters, and the busiest station on the line, between Bay Head and Rahway.

The station is located at grade on Atlantic Avenue, on the border of Aberdeen and Matawan, and has two high side platforms, as well as two abandoned low side platforms, and two tracks. A ticket office is located on the New York bound platform. All trains on the North Jersey Coast Line serve this station.

For many years, the New York and Long Branch Railroad-built station was known as just Matawan, as its stationhouse and main platform were in Matawan, and only an auxiliary platform and large extra parking area were in Aberdeen. In 1984, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2] When the station was reconstructed and expanded in the 1990s, the new stationhouse and main platforms were built on the Aberdeen (eastern) side of Atlantic Avenue. New Jersey Transit thought of renaming the station to just Aberdeen, but Matawan officials protested, as much of the town's recognition factor was due to the heavy use of the station by central New Jersey residents. Thus, the joint Aberdeen-Matawan name was adopted.

The former Freehold Branch can still be traced in a southeastern parking lot.

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