Linden station (NJ Transit)

{{Infobox station

| name = Linden

| style = NJ Transit

| image = Linden station platform - September 2020.jpg

| image_caption = Linden station in September 2020.

| address = South Wood Avenue

| borough = Linden, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40.6293|-74.25218|type:railwaystation_region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}

| owned = New Jersey Transit

| line = Amtrak Northeast Corridor

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 6

| connections = {{bus icon}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|56|57|94}}

| parking = Yes

| bicycle = Yes

| accessible = Yes

| zone = 7

| opened =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = {{Start date|1932|12|8}}{{cite news |title=Electric Train Service Started by P.R.R. Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69038560/exp-to-nbw-electric-december-8-1932/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=The Daily Home News |date=December 8, 1932 |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69038651/nb-electric-part-2-december-8-1932/ 11]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| passengers = 1,799 (average weekday){{cite report|url=https://archive.org/details/njt-boarding-data-q-1-2025-1|title=Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025|publisher=NJ Transit|date=2025|accessdate=June 1, 2025|via=Internet Archive|location=Newark, New Jersey}}

| pass_year = 2024

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NJ Transit

|line1=Northeast Corridor|left1=Rahway|right1=Elizabeth

|line2=North Jersey Coast|left2=Rahway|right2=Elizabeth

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=NJ Transit

|line1=Northeast Corridor|left1=North Rahway|right1=Elizabeth|note-left1=(closed 1993)

|line2=North Jersey Coast|left2=North Rahway|right2=Elizabeth|note-left2=(closed 1993)

|system3=Pennsylvania Railroad

|line3=main|left3=Rahway|right3=Elizabeth

|line4=New Brunswick Line|left4=Scott Avenue|right4=South Elizabeth

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=12 }}

}}

Linden station is a New Jersey Transit station on the Northeast Corridor in Linden, New Jersey, United States. It is served by the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines and located downtown on an embankment south of South Wood Avenue.

This station has two high-level side platforms on six tracks. The four middle tracks are used by New Jersey Transit express trains as well as Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Acela Express, Keystone service.

Station layout

File:Linden PRR station from platform.jpg station in September 2020]]

The Trenton-bound platform for Track B is nearly twice as long as the New York-bound one for Track A. On its northern end, it has a long staircase up to it from Wood Avenue, which runs under the line, alongside a driveway that leads into the 464-space parking lot along this platform. The staircase has a short landing a gated off wooden low-level platform that stretches through all six tracks. The platform is canopied for its first quarter length with a small, enclosed shelter. There is another staircase and ramp, which ends nearly at the platform's northern end, down to the parking lot here. By the staircase are two shelters, one enclosing parking Muni-Meters and the other two Ticket Vending Machines. Towards the platform's southern end has another staircase to the parking lot near its main entrance from Elizabeth Avenue.

The Wood Avenue overpass has an abandoned staircase between Track A and 1 that led up to a small low-level platform for Tracks 1 and 2. The tracks are labeled in the underpass with small black numbers and letters.File:An Acela Express train passing Linden, NJ at 125 mph..jpgThe shorter New York-bound platform is entirely canopied with green supports. It begins on the northern side of the Wood Avenue overpass with the back of its windscreen painted blue and a "Welcome to Linden" message. The historic station house runs along the south side of the street adjacent to this platform. It is a cream-colored building with green trim and a green roof with a now unstaffed waiting room. Inside are wooden benches with arms and the closed ticket window. Behind the station house are two shelters, one covering Ticket Vending Machines and the other parking Muni-Meters, and the only staircase up to the platform. This leads to a 141-space parking lot with entrances from Wood Avenue and Penn Place. At the platform's southern end is a blocked off staircase going down to low-level wooden platforms and long wheelchair ramp that leads down into the parking lot.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References

External links

[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.63,-74.25083&spn=0.003851,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.62991,-74.25064&panoid=BtK5YnYkkp3gRWOgH3vUgw&cbp=12,230.52,,0,1.33 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

{{Pennsylvania Railroad New York Division stations|state=collapsed}}

Category:NJ Transit Rail Operations stations

Category:Stations on the Northeast Corridor

Category:Railway stations in Union County, New Jersey

Category:Linden, New Jersey

Category:Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations