Elizabeth station (NJ Transit)
Elizabeth is a New Jersey Transit station in Midtown in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, southwest of New York Penn Station on the Northeast Corridor. It is between Broad Street and West Grand Street on an embankment and viaduct. This station is often called Broad Street Elizabeth to distinguish it from North Elizabeth station. A number of bus lines have stops nearby.History
In January 2015 it was announced that a new station house, platforms, and stairways would be built, a project estimated to cost $55 million. The design was made in coordination with Amtrak which plans to add a fifth track.
The station is next to the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station. Funding was approved in 2018, and includes the creation of a transit plaza between the two stations. Construction began in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2022.The station has two high-level side platforms; Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains do not stop.
