South Amboy
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South Amboy station in April 2015.
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Location | 119 S Broadway South Amboy, New Jersey 08879 |
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Coordinates | 40°28′58.57″N 74°16′44.16″W / 40.4829361°N 74.2789333°WCoordinates: 40°28′58.57″N 74°16′44.16″W / 40.4829361°N 74.2789333°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | NJT Bus: 815 and 817 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2012) | 1,050 (average weekday) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Amboy is a station on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line located in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States. The station is 2½ miles south of Perth Amboy station and 5 miles northwest of Aberdeen-Matawan station. Electric trains from the north started terminating here in 1938, and many still do. This station is located at grade level on Mason Street, and has a high-level island platform serving two tracks.
South Amboy station recently finished being upgraded for ADA and handicap access. Phase one of this project included the building of a new pedestrian overpass allowing safe transfers across the two tracks at the station. The bridge cost a total of $4.8M when it opened on 14 March 2005.
The second engineering and construction phase consisted of replacing the two original low-level side platforms with a new ADA-accessible high-level island platform and a reconstruction of the current station building. Among the new improvements to the station are a new ticket office, canopies, lighting, and signage. The cost of the new platform and station amenities amounts to $29M. The second phase of improvements was completed on January 5, 2010.