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Metropark station

Metropark
Metropark Station - April 2015.jpg
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 Decrease 4.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Acela Express
Vermonter
weekends only
toward St. Albans
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Northeast Regional
toward Savannah
Palmetto
NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Rail
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line

Metropark 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.


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