Aberdeen-Matawan (NJT station)

Aberdeen-Matawan
Aberdeen-Matawan Station in December 2006.
Location	Main Street and Atlantic Avenue Matawan, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 135
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	15
History
Opened	1875
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	2,554 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Hazlet toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line South Amboy toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Hazlet toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad Cliffwood toward New York City or Exchange Place
Matawan Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
The former Central Railroad of New Jersey depot at Aberdeen-Matawan in 2010.
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Location	Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates	40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.4201944°N 74.2236056°W / 40.4201944; -74.2236056Coordinates: 40°25′12.70″N 74°13′24.98″W / 40.4201944°N 74.2236056°W / 40.4201944; -74.2236056
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1875 (1875)
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Carpenter Gothic
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002756
NJRHP #	2017
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, Monmouth County, 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. The former Freehold Branch can still be traced in a southeastern parking lot.

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.

The original building was opened in 1875 as a temporary station. It was the first station built on the line and was estimated to cost between $4,000 and $6,000 at the time. In 1982, the original building was closed and replaced by a small, one-story building on the north side of the tracks, to accommodate morning rush hour travelers commuting into New York City. The station was electrified in 1983 under New Jersey Transit as just a one stop extension from the original end of electrification under the Pennsylvania Railroad in South Amboy. In 1984, the original station building was listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.