Metropark
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Metropark Station from the parking deck in April 2015.
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Location | 100 Middlesex-Essex Turnpike Iselin, NJ 08830 United States |
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Coordinates | 40°34′05″N 74°19′47″W / 40.56808°N 74.329795°WCoordinates: 40°34′05″N 74°19′47″W / 40.56808°N 74.329795°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 3,615 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | MET (Amtrak only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 10 (New Jersey Transit) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 11 November 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2007–2010 (refurbishment) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2012) | 7,447 (average weekday) (NJT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers (FY 2015) | 364,805 4.3% (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.