North Brunswick station#Mid-Line Loop and County Yard

{{Short description|Proposed train station in New Jersey, US}}

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| address=North Brunswick, NJ

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| line=Northeast Corridor

| platforms= 1 island (initial)

| tracks= 2

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| bicycle=Yes

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| opened = TBA

| zone=14

| owned=New Jersey Transit

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North Brunswick is a proposed railroad station along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in North Brunswick, New Jersey, that will be built by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJT) to serve its Northeast Corridor Line. Approved in 2013, it was originally planned to open in 2018{{cite web | last = Chang | first = Kathy | title = NJ Transit announces approval of train station: Northeast Corridor line will run through MainStreetNB project, to be built along Route 1 north | publisher = The Sentinel | date = January 17, 2013 | url = http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-01-17/Front_Page/NJ_Transit_announces_approval_of_train_station.html | access-date = 2013-07-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043844/http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-01-17/Front_Page/NJ_Transit_announces_approval_of_train_station.html | archive-date = 2013-02-22 | url-status = dead }} and projected to cost $30 million.{{cite web|last=Chang|first=Kathy|date=February 20, 2014|url=http://www1.gmnews.com/2014/02/20/settlement-adds-affordable-housing-to-transit-village/|title=Settlement adds affordable housing to transit village|work=North South Brunswick Sentinel|access-date=June 24, 2015}} It is one of several projects along the "New Jersey Speedway" section of the NEC.

The station was proposed for the former Johnson & Johnson{{cite web |date=April 22, 2013 |url=http://www.njbiz.com/article/20130422/NJBIZ01/304199996/In-North-Brunswick-train-is-finally-pulling-into-station |title=In North Brunswick, train is finally pulling into station |website=NJBIZ}} facility on Route 1 and Aaron Road by the new owners of the {{convert|212|acres|adj=on}} site,[http://www.ourtowncenter.info/background/history.html History], Our Town Center. Accessed November 25, 2012. and is part of a transit-oriented development known as Main Street North Brunswick,{{cite web |last=Kalet |first=Hank |date=January 28, 2015 |url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/new-jersey/77647-northeast-rail-corridor-to-get-new-new-jersey-stop-with-its-own-transit-village |title=NEC to get new NJT stop |website=NewsWorks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204164444/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/new-jersey/77647-northeast-rail-corridor-to-get-new-new-jersey-stop-with-its-own-transit-village |archive-date=February 4, 2015}} New Jersey Transit's Fiscal 2015 capital budget allocated funding for the station.{{cite web|title=NJ TRANSIT ADOPTS FISCAL YEAR 2015 OPERATING, CAPITAL BUDGETS|date=July 9, 2014|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2931|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=September 13, 2014|archive-date=September 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913102124/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2931|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Chang|first=Kathy|date=July 31, 2014|url=http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2014-07-31/Business/Costco_opens_as_first_part_of_transit_village.html|title=Costco opens as first part of transit village|work=East Brunswick Sentinel|access-date=June 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624165732/http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2014-07-31/Business/Costco_opens_as_first_part_of_transit_village.html|archive-date=June 24, 2015|url-status=dead}} which has been designated a transit-oriented development, or "transit village".{{cite web | url=https://northbrunswicknj.gov/programs_and_service/north-brunswick-transit-village/ | title=North Brunswick Transit Village }}

As of mid-2017, construction of the project had not begun.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/nyregion/new-jersey-area-rising-around-transit-hub-lacks-one-thing-its-hub.html|title=New Jersey Area Rising Around Transit Hub Lacks One Thing: Its Hub|last=Corasaniti|first=Nick|date=2017-03-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} In October 2017, it was announced the project had received $50 million from the Transportation Trust Fund.{{cite web |last=Amato |first=Jennifer |date=October 31, 2017 |url=http://www.centraljersey.com/news/north-brunswick-is-riding-high-on-train-station-announcement/article_19e88b96-978d-5b5c-8633-bef555a63108.html |title=North Brunswick is riding high on train station announcement |website=www.centraljersey.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101014011/http://www.centraljersey.com/news/north-brunswick-is-riding-high-on-train-station-announcement/article_19e88b96-978d-5b5c-8633-bef555a63108.html |archive-date=1 November 2017 |url-status=dead}} In October 2019, NJ Transit and Middlesex County, New Jersey had committed $70 million to start work on the station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/traffic/2019/10/central-jersey-is-getting-a-new-train-station-but-we-dont-know-how-much-itll-cost.html|title=Central Jersey is getting a new train station, but we don't know how much it'll cost|last=Higgs|first=Larry|date=2019-10-30|website=nj|language=en|access-date=2019-11-03}}{{Cite web|title=NJ Transit Enlists Ally for Long Delayed North Brunswick Train Station|url=https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/10/nj-transit-enlists-ally-for-long-delayed-north-brunswick-train-station/|last=Flanagan|first=Brenda|date=2019-10-31|website=NJ Spotlight|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921064437/https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/10/nj-transit-enlists-ally-for-long-delayed-north-brunswick-train-station/|archive-date=September 21, 2020}} In 2021, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority hired WSP USA to design the station.{{Cite web|last=Loyer|first=Susan|date=April 16, 2021|title=North Brunswick train station project takes another major step|url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/transportation/2021/04/16/nj-transit-train-station-project-north-brunswick-takes-another-step/7223396002/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=MyCentralJersey.com|language=en-US}} Initial designs were released in March 2023. Construction is slated to begin 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/discover-our-community/north-brunswick-train-station |title=North Brunswick Train Station |website=Middlesex County, NJ}}{{cite web |last=Fry |first=Chris |date=March 6, 2023 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/north-brunswick-train-station/ |title=Plans Revealed for NJ Transit's North Brunswick Train Station |website=Jersey Digs}}

Although station construction had yet to begin, the Main Street North Brunswick transit village has continued to develop, with Costco and Target opening in 2014, Panera Bread opening in 2017, Courtyard by Marriott opening in 2019, Shake Shack opening in 2024, and 100 townhomes fully occupied.