Wheat Sheaves

Linden is an active commuter railroad station in the township of Linden, Union County, New Jersey. Located at the overpass of Wood Avenue, the station serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line. Amtrak trains that operate on the Northeast Corridor, including the Northeast Regional, Acela Express, and Keystone, all bypass the station on the middle tracks. Linden station contains two high-level side platforms, with the Trenton-bound tracks being longer than the Penn Station-bound platform. The former Pennsylvania Railroad depot sits on the side of South Wood Avenue on the Penn Station side of the tracks. Railroad service through what is now Linden began on January 1, 1836 with the extension of the New Jersey Railroad from Elizabeth to Rahway. The railroad established a stop near the former Wheatsheaf Inn in Elizabethtown, a tavern that served as a stop during the American Revolution. In 1865, Ferdinand Blancke, a New York City restauranteur, purchased land around Wheat Sheaf station for development, naming the area as Linden.