Perth Amboy (NJT station)

Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy Station, April 2015.
Location	Elm Street between Smith & Market Streets Perth Amboy, NJ
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	North Jersey Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 48, 116, 813, 815, and 817
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	12
History
Opened	1923
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	874 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station South Amboy toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Woodbridge toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad South Amboy Junction toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad Genasco toward New York City or Exchange Place
Perth Amboy Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Perth Amboy station's eastbound entrance.
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Location	Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates	40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000Coordinates: 40°30′33.35″N 74°16′25.68″W / 40.5092639°N 74.2738000°W / 40.5092639; -74.2738000
Built	1923
Architect	A.E. Owen
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP Reference #	84002735
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Perth Amboy is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, 1½ miles south of Woodbridge and 2½ miles north of South Amboy. The station is located in a cut between Elm Street and Maple Street and between Smith Street and Market Street in downtown Perth Amboy, and has two low side platforms. A ticket office is located at street level. The platforms are below street level in the cut.

The station building was built in the 1920s to replace an older structure built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey that was moved to Lewis Street and currently serves as a private residence there. It been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

The station was refurbished in the 1990s. On June 16, 2010, New Jersey Transit (NJT) announced a $1 million (2010 USD) deal with Stantec Consulting Services in Rochelle Park, New Jersey to study the addition of high-level platforms for handicap accessibility, per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) The platform renovation will also include canopies, elevators to street-level and upgrades to communication systems. New Jersey Transit in its 2015 budget allocated $9.6 million for the final design for a major renovation that would modernize it and make it compliant with the ADA.