In 1968, the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad, once known as great rivals, had merged to form Penn Central.
Metropark gave business persons living in the suburbs access to the Penn Central Railroad’s new high-speed Metroliner Service. Since the site was also in a distant New York City suburb, it could potentially be developed as an office park that would attract major corporate clients. Located 15 miles southwest of Newark in Woodbridge Township, the Metropark site is adjacent to the crossing of the Garden State Parkway and the Lincoln Highway (State Route 27). Key to their success was a railroad’s ability to acquire inexpensive parcels, adjacent to new highways, which were large enough to hold both a station and a spacious parking lot. All were constructed on the outer edges of metropolitan areas in the hope of attracting new riders who had moved out of the city and into the growing suburbs. In this regard, it can be grouped with the Westwood-Route 128 station outside of Boston and New Carrollton near Washington, D.C. Opened in November 1971, Metropark is one of a handful of stations on the Northeast Corridor that was planned with the automobile commuter in mind.
Aesthetic and Architectural Improvement.
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