Elizabeth station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)
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Elizabeth Station
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The former Central Railroad of New Jersey station, with the current Elizabeth station in the background.
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| Location | Morris Ave., and Broad St., Elizabeth, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°WCoordinates: 40°40′4″N 74°12′54″W / 40.66778°N 74.21500°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Bruce Price |
| Architectural style | Roanesque, Victorian Romanesque |
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR |
| NRHP reference # | 84002825 |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1984 |
Elizabeth is a disused train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) in 1893. It is adjacent to a different station, also named Elizabeth, on the Northeast Corridor. That station was built and owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad; in the era of private operation passengers could transfer between the two.
The station has been renovated and used as commercial space; the former CNJ right-of-way in Elizabeth is unused, and passenger trains which serve the former CNJ mainline (NJT's Raritan Valley Line service) bypass Elizabeth via the Aldene Connection on their way to Newark Penn Station. The CNJ station suffered from a freight train wreck on November 4, 1972, when a boxcar derailed and pulled several other cars into the canopy. Although the buildings and freight cars were damaged, there were no injuries. The CNJ head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984, listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
The proposed Union County Light Rail, which would have connected midtown Elizabeth with Newark Airport, would have had its western terminus at this station. The station for this line would have been referred to as Midtown to distinguish from the other stations in Elizabeth on this line. The plan has been replaced by the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit system between Garwood and the airport.
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