Avenel (NJT station)

Avenel
Train passing through Avenel Station
Location	Avenel Street Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W / 40.5784333; -74.2772611Coordinates: 40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W / 40.5784333; -74.2772611
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Rebuilt	1940, 1992
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	166 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Woodbridge toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Rahway toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Edgar toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad Rahway toward New York City or Exchange Place

Avenel is a lightly used New Jersey Transit commuter rail station located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, New Jersey. On weekdays, it sees 7 northbound and 14 southbound trains stop. There is no weekend service. It is located on the North Jersey Coast Line between Rahway and Woodbridge stations. The station is one of three located in Woodbridge, with the Woodbridge station joining it on the North Jersey Coast Line and Metropark Station serving the Iselin section of Woodbridge on the Northeast Corridor Line.

The station has two short three-car high-level side platforms on two tracks with tactile warning strips and lampposts. It had been slated for closing by New Jersey Transit because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for handicapped access. Ramps were installed instead to each platform at their southern ends.

The station is located directly over Avenel Street, which has a staircase on its northern sidewalk going up to each platform. The staircase to the New York-bound platform is enclosed while the one to the Long Branch-bound platform is exposed alongside the overpass. At the top of the stairs, each platform has a double long bus shelter with a white domed roof and bench.

The platforms have an additional entrance/exit at their southern ends. On each side, a twisting ramp and staircase goes to the service roads of Avenel Street. A pedestrian tunnel with staircases down at each end and concrete entry portals connect the platforms. The station's only Ticket Vending Machine, installed in May 2011, is located in a bus shelter along the end of the street beneath the Newark-bound platform.