New Brunswick station

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Coordinates: 40°29′47″N 74°26′47″W / 40.49639°N 74.44639°W / 40.49639; -74.44639
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For the former Marconi station, see New Brunswick Marconi Station.
New Brunswick
Suburban Trails: Line 100
  • Bus transport OurBus Prime
    • Construction
    AccessibleYes
    Other information
    Station codeAmtrak: NBK
    Fare zone14 (NJT)[4]
    History
    OpenedJanuary 1, 1838[5]
    RebuiltOctober 1903[6]–September 28, 1904[7]
    ElectrifiedDecember 8, 1932[8]
    Passengers
    20124,976 (avg. weekday) [9] (NJT)
    FY 202221,937 annually[10] (Amtrak)
    Services
    Preceding station Amtrak Following station
    Princeton Junction
    toward Harrisburg
    		 Keystone Service
    Limited service
    		 Metropark
    toward New York
    Princeton Junction
    toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke
    		 Northeast Regional Metropark
    toward Boston South or Springfield
         Acela does not stop here
         Cardinal does not stop here
         Carolinian does not stop here
         Crescent does not stop here
         Palmetto does not stop here
         Pennsylvanian does not stop here
         Silver Meteor does not stop here
         Silver Star does not stop here
         Vermonter does not stop here
    Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
    Jersey Avenue
    weekdays
    toward Trenton
    		 Northeast Corridor Line Edison
    toward New York
    Former services
    Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
    Adams
    toward Chicago
    		 Main Line Edison
    toward New York or Exchange Place
    Terminus New Brunswick Line
    Jersey Avenue
    opened 1963
    Terminus
    Voorhees
    toward East Millstone
    		 Millstone Branch Terminus
    New Brunswick Station
    MPS
    		Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
    NRHP reference No.84002732[11]
    NJRHP No.1875 [13]
    Significant dates
    Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
    Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

    New Brunswick is an active

    side platforms
    surrounding the four tracks.

    Railroad service in New Brunswick began on January 1, 1838 with the extension of the

    New Jersey Railroad from East Brunswick (modern-day Highland Park) over the Raritan River. Construction of the current station depot at the junction of Albany and French Streets (State Route 27) and Easton Avenue (County Route 527) began in October 1903, opening on September 28, 1904 for the Pennsylvania Railroad
    .

    Service

    Black and white photo of train station at nightfall.
    New Brunswick station looking north from nearby parking garage. Northeast Corridor and train platforms visible, left.

    The station has two high-level side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.

    NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line calls at the station. Most of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks, except for select Keystone Service and Northeast Regional trains.[14] The Northbound Crescent stopped here from November 24, 2022 to July 4, 2023.[15][16]

    History

    Train service to New Brunswick was begun by the

    Palmetto
    began stopping here.

    The depot was designed in the Colonial Revival style and includes walls of light brown brick, hipped roof with gabled dormers and a deep cornice with dentil molding at its base. Brick quoins at the corners of the building convey an impression of strength and solidity. Windows display a popular Georgian Revival pattern of 9-over-1. Sills are incorporated into a stone belt course that wraps around the building, while lintels are embellished with prominent keystones.[18] The design is similar to that of the Chester Transportation Center in Pennsylvania.

    The station building was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places since 1984, and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[19][20]

    New Brunswick station in 1910

    Urban transit hub

    In 2005 the station was designated the core of the New Brunswick transit village, a smart growth initiative to promote transit-oriented development which can include government incentives to encourage compact, higher density, mixed-use development within walking distance of the station.[21][22]

    In addition to

    New Brunswick Bus Rapid Transit system, of which the station would be the hub. NJ 18 and NJ 27, which intersect at the station, would function as the two major corridors for a bus network that would connect downtown, residential neighborhoods, the five campuses of Rutgers in the city and Piscataway, and nearby communities.[23][24]

    New Brunswick is one of nine cities in New Jersey designated as eligible for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits by the state's

    tallest building in the city[32] and one of several new projects in the vicinity of the station that has led to a revitalization of the city's downtown surrounding it.[30][31] Another planned building, a 16-story residential tower at Somerset Street[33][34] located one block north of the station, is the second UTHTC-approved project in the city.[35]

    High-speed rail corridor

    In August 2011, the United States Department of Transportation obligated $450 million to a six-year project to improve 24 miles (39 km) of the Northeast Corridor between New Brunswick and Trenton. The Next Generation High-Speed project is to upgrade electrical power, signals, and overhead catenary wires to improve reliability and increase speed to 160 mph (260 km/h), and with new trains to 186 mph (299 km/h).[36]

    Renovation and upgrades

    In 2019 Amtrak earmarked funds for improvement at the station. NJ Transit allocated $49 million in September 2022 for renovation and upgrades of the station.[37] On October 13, 2023, Amtrak announced that the New Brunswick station, along with Princeton Junction, would receive upgraded service due to increased demand.[38]

    See also

    Bibliography

    • Wall, John Patrick (1921). History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1664-1920, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.

    References

    1. ^ "Campus Buses". Rutgers University. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
    2. ^ "Middlesex County Area Transit (MCAT) Shuttle Routes". Middlesex County. 2012. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
    3. ^ "Dash 1 and Dash 2". Ridewise. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
    4. ^ "Northeast Corridor Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
    5. ^ Wall 1921, p. 295.
    6. ^ "Contract Out for P.R.R. Station". The Daily Home News. September 15, 1803. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
    7. ^ "Pennsylvania R.R. Station Thrown Open To-Day". The Daily Home News. September 28, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
    8. The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 8, 1932. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
    9. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
    10. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of New Jersey" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
    11. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
    12. ^ Kafka–Holzschlag, Morris J.; Gehlert, Suzanne L. (2012). "New Brunswick and Transportation". Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. Rutgers University.
    13. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. November 22, 2013. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2014.
    14. ^ "Amtrak - Service Alert". Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
    15. ^ "AMTRAK'S CRESCENT" (PDF). Rail Passenger's Association. July 4, 2023.
    16. ^ "AMTRAK'S CRESCENT" (PDF). Rail Passenger's Association. December 7, 2022.
    17. ^ "New Brunswick, NJ (NBK)". Great American Train Stations. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    18. ^ "New Brunswick Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
    19. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
    20. ^ New Brunswick New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
    21. ^ "West Windsor gains Transit Village designation Township becomes 24th Transit Village in New Jersey". NJDOT. January 5, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
    22. ^ "Vanguard of New Brunswick's Transit-Oriented Revitalization". New Jersey Future. April 26, 2012.
    23. ^ "Greater New Brunswick Are Bus Rapid Transit" (PDF). NJTPA. May 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2012.[permanent dead link]
    24. ^ "A New Face of TOD: Bus Rapid Transit". Voorhees Transportation Institute. January 2008. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
    25. ^ Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program, New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Accessed April 24, 2023. "Urban Transit Hubs are located within ½ mile of New Jersey Transit, PATH, PATCO, or light rail stations in Camden (expanded to one mile), East Orange, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick, Paterson, and Trenton."
    26. ^ "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits". Financing Programs. New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    27. ^ "Middlesex County: New Brunswick" (PDF). Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits. New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    28. ^ "Mixed Use The Gateway". Devco. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    29. ^ Whitley, Brian (October 22, 2009). "Project to bridge New Brunswick train station to Rutgers University clears legal hurdle". The Star-Leger. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    30. ^ a b Miller, Paige (May 7, 2012). "In New Brunswick, one development tackles multiple community needs". Smart Growth America. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    31. ^ a b Cahill, Jim (March 2012). "New Development Brings Wellness, Fitness, & Happiness" (PDF). New Jersey Municipalities. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    32. ^ "New Brunswick", Emporis, archived from the original on November 11, 2012, retrieved May 15, 2012
    33. ^ "135 Somerset". New Brunswick buildings. Emporis. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    34. ^ "Somerset". Boraie LLC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    35. ^ Haydon, Tom (March 25, 2012). "16 story building to rise in New Brunswick". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
    36. ^ Schned, Dan (August 24, 2011). "U.S. DOT Obligates $745 Million to Northeast Corridor Rail Projects". America 2050. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
    37. ^ "'Hub City' train station to get $49M upgrade. Murphy says it will be a 'point of pride.'". September 24, 2022.
    38. ^ "Amtrak Adds More Service for Customers at New Brunswick and Princeton Junction" (Press release). Amtrak. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

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