Location North Brunswick, NJ Parking Yes Fare zone 14 Opened 2018 (projected) | Owned by New Jersey Transit Bicycle facilities Yes Owner NJ Transit | |
Line(s) Northeast Corridor Line Similar Fairmount Avenue station, Benson Street station, Jersey Avenue station, Highland Avenue station, Ramsey station | ||
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 is planned to open in 2018 and projected to cost $30 million. It is one of several projects along the "New Jersey Speedway" section of the NEC.
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The station was originally proposed for the former Johnson & Johnson facility on Route 1 and Aaron Road by the new owners of the 212-acre site, and is part of a transit-oriented development known as Main Street North Brunswick. New Jersey Transit's Fiscal 2015 capital budget allocates funding for the station.
Mid-Line Loop and County Yard
In addition to the new station (and much more costly), the agency plans to build a flying junction and balloon loop called the Mid-Line Loop between MP 36 and MP 37 on the NEC south of the new station, allowing trains to turn around and enter and leave service without crossing over tracks, and acting as a staging area for a mid-line terminus. NJT currently originates trains to Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station during peak hours from the Jersey Avenue station, to the north in New Brunswick.
NJT is creating a "train haven" at County Yard where equipment could be stored during serious storms. The work involves reconfiguring and expanding the yard into the adjacent Mile Run Yard, which is not in service.
High-speed corridor
In August 2011 the United States Department of Transportation obligated $450 million to a six-year project to improve 24 miles (39 km) of the Northeast Corridor for a high-speed corridor between New Brunswick and Trenton along what is called the "New Jersey Speedway". The Next Generation High-Speed project is to upgrade electrical power, signals, and overhead catenary wires to improve reliability and increase speed to 160 mph (260 km/h), and with new trains to 186 mph (299 km/h).