Edison Train Station

This place is good for a train station. The parking is bad, even though there is one. There are also a few benches and some gross bathrooms. They are marginally less gross than New Brunswick though. The real gem inside the station are the power outlets for phone charging. They can be a real life saver.
Bit better than other stations.

All i can say is the waiting area is a lot better than previously described, bathrooms too. Pretty clean though not much stuff.

I am very disappointed in this train station. The parking situation is very bad. The main parking lot is very tiny and forget finding a spot Mon-​Fri unless you arrive before the sun comes up.
So there is Lot 3. There were no signs to get me here but I guessed and was lucky to find it. Large parking lot with lots of open spots left. Yeah! Not so fast… after parking, I was talking to someone passing by and he told me I was not allowed to park in the center spots. They were for daily travellers and I had to park on the outer edge spots which you a have guessed… are all full!
Delayed for 40 mins already, I had no choice but to park in the center. I got the spot number, went up to the machine to try to pay for the spot. It wouldn’t let me pay!!! I spoke to someone that worked there and they told me they have never seen anyone get a ticket or towed. I had no choice but to get on train because I was so late and crossed fingers my car wouldn’t be towed when I got back.
Instead of enjoying my business trip, I rushed back after my meeting worrying about my car. When I got there… sure enough… I had a $ 21 ticket. I’m glad I didn’t get towed but I think this place is a scam. You can’t pay for a spot if you wanted to and there is no one that can help you. I don’t care about $ 21 but it’s the whole principal. I went to call the parking ticket company… surprise surprise… no phone number. It is a parking BUSINESS in PA. How interesting is that?
Lesson learned. Avoid this train station at all costs.

Lady inside the train station store is rude. She doesn’t know how to talk to customers and started cursing.

I generally use the Edison Train Station when heading to NYC. I live equidistant from both the Edison Train Station and the New Brunswick Train Station. The Edison Station gets the edge every time.
Unlike New Brunswick, the Edison station has a parking lot outside. I’m sure if you try to park here during business hours you will be ticketed, since the lot requires hang tags. However, if you are going into the city in the evening or the weekends, which is usually my plan, you can park here free of charge.
The station itself has a small coffee stand, but it is closed whenever I’m there. I suspect it’s only open during weekday business hours. There are also a few benches and some gross bathrooms. They are marginally less gross than New Brunswick though. The real gem inside the station are the power outlets for phone charging. They can be a real life saver.
The past few times I’ve been to the station one of the inside ticket machines is broke. This is a problem when there are only 2 machines inside and 1 outside, that no on seems to know about.
Overall this is a better station than New Brunswick, but it certainly pales in comparison to fancier stations closer to NYC.

I would give it a bad review but common guys it’s NEW JERSEY we are talking about! Lol just don’t get off this station. Or anywhere in New Jersey for that matter:)

This is one of those «second-​class citizen» NJ Transit stops. I know it well. Too well, really. I’ve seen the panic stricken faces, the wrinkled shirts, the scuffed-​up briefcases. I’ve seen the discontent. I know it well.
Once I walked along the train tracks from Edison to New Brunswick. Figured I might «find myself,» figured I might «get a little lost,» figured I might find adventure creeping out from the industrial decay. Maybe I did find those things. I found rust — rust on the tracks, rust on the «Caution: Live Wire» signs, rust staining the homogeneous grey gravel. I found deer skeletons — were they electrocuted, or were they struck by oncoming trains? I didn’t know. My guess is struck by trains, because at one point, a speeding Amtrak train was approaching while there was a deer bumbling around on the track. I thought its body might come hurtling towards me like a projectile corpse; so I ducked for cover. The deer escaped.
I found a lot of empty beer cans, 40’s, and depleted bottles of liquor along the periphery of the tracks. Are train tracks popular with homeless alcoholics? Or delinquent teenagers? Or whatever it is that I am? Must be. This must be the place to party.
I’ve made the trip between NY Penn Station and Edison over 500 times over the past year. But the only trip home that I remember well was from that day that I walked along the tracks. If I needed to prove that I was really conscious and alive on my trips home over the past year, what evidence could I recall from memory that would be convincing? Probably only this one time, to be honest. And for that, I commend myself.

I use Metropark station a lot since I commute to Philly for work and its one of the few places where I can catch the Amtrak train. As far as I know the parking is usually not an issue since there are two buildings and a little overflow lot right next to the station with minimal walking distance. However, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursday you might find yourself looking for parking since the garage and little lot become full. Recently I have been showing up to the station with all lots full and not an attendant in sight except for today. I asked if there is any other parking around the area and the attendant kept saying to try «the other building» I kept asking him where this other building is but because he could not speak any English and it seemed that, that was the only phrase he knew I drove away. A bit irritated.
In regards to the parking I think it’s not bad, the rates are reasonable ($ 5 for first 16hrs) and I’ve seen much higher ones. It does get full during the middle of the day and the staff might not be as helpful so come early.

Oh NJ Transit, how I love and loathe you. Edison Train Station is my local stop on the Northeast Corridor NJTransit line. It runs directly into New York Penn. The other side will take you to Trenton/​Philly.
The station has three areas for parking. The main lot, in front of the station, the side lot on the left parallel to the tracks (with the poor paving), and a recently opened lot off of Kilmer Rd, which has alleviated some of the wait list for parking spaces. The ingress to the station is a little tricky, because you have to turn onto Central Ave/​Reed St — a residential road, and then race through the one way traffic of the lot, so try not to drive over 35 mph around the turns. Its best not to be late, as there isn’t a way to pull in and run to the platform.
I like that this station always has a few taxis waiting to take people places. I also like that the main lot makes it easier to get to the NY bound side of the platform.
I dislike that the station building is small, has limited seating, is usually kinda dirty, and closes at 8 pm. If you miss your train and its after 8 pm, you have to sit outside. There are overhangs, so at least you don’t have to stand in the rain, but its not necessarily comfortable in bad weather. At least there are a lot of benches. The station doesn’t staff people, so you do need to know how to use the ticket machines rather than ask a person. The building does have two bathrooms but use at your own peril.
Edison train station also has two elevators for those of you that need them. That said, access to the elevator requires going under the overpass, which means walking from the main lot, around the sidewalk down on Plainfield Ave, under the overpass, and then up one of the two elevators. There are stairs that are faster. The sidewalks and stairs are well salted in the winter.