Metropark (NJT station)

Metropark
Metropark Station from the parking deck in April 2015.
Location	100 Middlesex-Essex Turnpike Iselin, NJ 08830 United States
Coordinates	40°34′05″N 74°19′47″W / 40.56808°N 74.329795°W / 40.56808; -74.329795Coordinates: 40°34′05″N 74°19′47″W / 40.56808°N 74.329795°W / 40.56808; -74.329795
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	3,615 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MET (Amtrak only)
Fare zone	10 (New Jersey Transit)
History
Opened	11 November 1971 (1971-11-11)
Rebuilt	2007–2010 (refurbishment)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	7,447 (average weekday) (NJT)
Passengers (FY 2015)	364,805  4.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Trenton toward Washington, DC Acela Express Newark, NJ toward Boston South Station Vermonter weekends only Newark, NJ toward St. Albans New Brunswick toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Newark Liberty Int'l Airport toward New York City New Brunswick toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Newark Liberty Int'l Airport toward Boston South Station or Springfield New Brunswick toward Savannah Palmetto Newark, NJ toward New York City NJ Transit Rail Metuchen toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Rahway toward New York Penn Station

Metropark, or Metropark Station, is a train station in Iselin, New Jersey. It is served by Amtrak and NJ Transit trains on the Northeast Corridor. It provides commuter rail access for Iselin and several surrounding towns in Middlesex County.

The station was built in 1971 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the United States Department of Transportation. Its purpose was to provide a suburban park-and-ride stop for the new high-speed rail Metroliners.

The station is located in the Iselin section of Woodbridge and is one of three stations NJT operates in the township along with Avenel and Woodbridge stations. Metropark's property is set between Middlesex Essex Turnpike and NJ 27 and is located near Iselin's border with the Colonia section of Woodbridge and the township's border with neighboring Edison. It is reached via Exits 131 or 132 of the Garden State Parkway.

Metropark was one of two park-and-ride infill stations proposed in the 1960s for use by the new Metroliners, the other being Capital Beltway in Lanham, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.. The two stations were originally named Capital Beltway Metropark and Garden State Metropark, though these were shortened to Capital Beltway and Metropark, respectively. Both were conceived as public-private partnerships. Under a plan put forward in late 1968 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) the state would contribute $648,000 toward the cost of the station, then estimated at $1,400,000.