Long Branch station is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Located on 3rd Avenue in Long Branch, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line to and from New York Penn Station. Long Branch station serves as the southern terminus of electrified railroad service. Diesel railroad service continues south to Bay Head station in Ocean County. Long Branch Yard sits south of the station for trains that terminate at Long Branch. Long Branch station consists of a single high-level island platform, accessed from the parking lot via an underground tunnel.
Railroad service in Long Branch began with the construction of the New York and Long Branch Railroad from Perth Amboy in 1875. The station opened on July 1, 1875. An extension to nearby Elberon came in 1876.
Long Branch is the terminus of diesel shuttle and electric service; a transfer is needed to continue most trips. Located in the heart of downtown Long Branch between grade crossings at Bath and Westwood Avenues, the station features a single high level island platform accessible from a crosswalk across Track 2. Passengers arriving from Bay Head destined for New York platform on the eastbound track and must change trains across the platform to an electric local or express train. Long Branch station features a large 11-track storage and maintenance yard for all New York-bound electric trains arriving and waiting to depart. During peak hours, there is direct train service from New York to Bay Head with service going to New York during the AM Rush and service from New York during the PM Rush.