Operated by NJ Transit, the complex consists of two major components.

[5] New Jersey Transit intends for this combined rail and bus station to become an "interceptor station," that will help relieve the habitual congestion at the West Belt Road Interchange, where the three major highways meet.

The New Jersey Transit project description dated November 2005 stated that the agency would be advertising for a construction contract beginning in March 2006 for "off-site road improvements."

On September 13, 2006, New Jersey Transit's Board of Directors formally awarded the contract to construct this facility.

There has been a proposal to build a parking deck with another 1,000 spots and develop the land at the station.