Middletown station (NJ Transit)
in Middletown, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Middletown Station, 746 Orchard St, Middletown, NJ 07748, USA Print route »
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Middletown is a passenger railway station for New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Located along both sides of Church Street in Middletown, the station is the only active station within the township. The station depot contains two high-level platforms for Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 compliance, four ticket vending machines and 1,616 parking spaces among two lots, 28 of which are handicap accessible.A railroad station in Middletown came with the construction of the New York and Long Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The site of the current Middletown station was part a farm owned by the Conover family. In 1875, the Conovers sold some of their land for $100 to build the railroad through the area. A new station was built in 1876 for the passenger service. After years of neglect, the station was repainted and rehabilitated in 1964 with attendance by descendants of the Conovers. The high-level platforms were constructed in 1988 with the beginning of electric service down to Long Branch from South Amboy. The former depot stands at the edge of the parking lot on Conover Avenue.
