North Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
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 North Elizabeth station looking north | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 1180 North Avenue Elizabeth, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′48″N74°12′23″W / 40.68000°N 74.20639°W /40.68000; -74.20639 | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
| Line | AmtrakNortheast Corridor | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | –Fall 1986[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 8, 1932[3] | ||||||||||||||
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| February 18, 1892 | Station depot burns[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 678 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||||
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North Elizabeth station is acommuter railroad station in thecity ofElizabeth,Union County,New Jersey,United States. Located at the North Avenue bridge crossing in Elizabeth, the station serves trains ofNJ Transit'sNortheast Corridor andNorth Jersey Coast Lines. North Elizabeth station features two high-level platforms for handicap accessibility under theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Service at this station is limited. As of November 8, 2020, there were 14 eastbound trains and 13 westbound trains serving the station on weekends.[6][7]
While the work finished in the fall of 1986, NJ Transit and Elizabeth officials held an official grand opening of rebuilt North Elizabeth station (along withLinden andEdison stations) on February 4, 1987. Jerome Premo, the executive director of NJ Transit announced that the upgrades were important for "providing quality transportation.[2]
This station has twoside platforms and four tracks. Each platform has a staircase at their northern ends going down to North Avenue, which crosses under the tracks, and another at their southern ends going up Hand Place, which crosses above the tracks. The station house and small parking lot are at the North Avenue end on the New York-bound platform. A larger parking lot is adjacent to the southbound platform.
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