page_title: South Amboy station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: South Amboy station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: NJ Transit GG1 #4877 powering a commuter train at South Amboy NJ 1981. Scanned from 35mm slide.
context_page_description: South Amboy is a station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line located in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States. The station is 2½ miles south of Perth Amboy station and 5 miles northwest of Aberdeen-Matawan station. Electric trains from the north started terminating here in 1938, and many still do. This station is located at grade level on Mason Street, and has a high-level island platform serving two tracks.
context_section_description: South Amboy station was upgraded to be fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as part of a station renovation project from November 2006 to January 5, 2010. During the first phase of the project, a new $4.8 million pedestrian overpass was constructed, allowing safe transfers across the two tracks at the station. The overpass opened on March 11, 2005. The second phase of the project replaced the two original low-level side platforms with a new ADA-accessible high-level island platform, and reconstructed the station building. 
  The station received a new ticket office, canopies, signage, and lighting. The second phase cost $29 million, and was completed on January 5, 2010.
caption: South Amboy station in 1981, with a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 locomotive present in the station.
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