Avenel
Train passing through Avenel station
General information
Location	Avenel Street Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°34′42.36″N74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W /40.5784333; -74.2772611
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Rebuilt	June 11, 1998–December 22, 1998[2][3]
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2024	257 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Woodbridge towardBay Head North Jersey Coast Line Rahway towardNew York Penn Station
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Edgar towardPerth Amboy Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Rahway Terminus
Location

Avenel is an activecommuter railroadstation in theAvenel section ofWoodbridge Township,Middlesex County, New Jersey. Servicing trains ofNJ Transit'sNorth Jersey Coast Line, the station serves trains going toLong Branch andBay Head toNew York Penn Station. Avenel station serves as the first (going south) and last (going north) stop of standalone North Jersey Coast Line service, with the line merging into theNortheast Corridor Line atRahway. The next station to the south isWoodbridge while the next station north isRahway. Avenel station consists of two high-levelside platforms that cross over Avenel Street (County Route 650).

From 1985 to 2019 there was no weekend service and limited weekday service, but on September 8, 2019 increased weekend service debuted at Avenel along with increased weekday service, with a further increase on November 8, 2020.^[4][5]

Avenel has two short three-car high-level side platforms on two tracks. It had been^[when?] slated for closing by NJ Transit because of the excessive costs of adding elevators for compliance with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[6] Accessible ramps were installed instead to each platform at their southern ends.

The station is located directly over Avenel Street, which has a staircase on its northern sidewalk going up to each platform. The staircase to the New York-bound platform is enclosed while the one to the Long Branch-bound platform is exposed alongside the overpass. At the top of the stairs, each platform has a double long bus shelter with a white domed roof and bench.

The platforms have an additional entrance/exit at their southern ends. On each side, a twisting ramp and staircase goes to the service roads of Avenel Street. A pedestrian tunnel with staircases down at each end and concrete entry portals connect the platforms. The station's only ticket machine, installed in May 2011, is located in a bus shelter along the end of the street beneath the Newark-bound platform.

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• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Stations on the North Jersey Coast Line
• Railway stations in Middlesex County, New Jersey
• Buildings and structures in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
• Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations

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