Somerville (NJT station)

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Somerville
Station statistics
Lines
Raritan Valley Line
Connections NJT Bus: 65, 114, and 884
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 17
Services
Preceding station   New Jersey Transit   Following station
Raritan Valley Line
Raritan Valley Line
KBFa
Hoboken Terminal Handicapped/disabled access (weekends)
BHF
Newark Penn Station Handicapped/disabled access
ABZlf
Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast
HST
Union Handicapped/disabled access
HST
Roselle Park
BHF
Cranford Handicapped/disabled access
HST
Garwood
BHF
Westfield Handicapped/disabled access
HST
Fanwood
HST
Netherwood
BHF
Plainfield Handicapped/disabled access
HST
Dunellen
HST
Bound Brook
HST
Bridgewater
eABZlf
West Trenton Line
BHF
Somerville
BHF
Raritan
HST
North Branch
HST
Whitehouse
HST
Lebanon
HST
Annandale
xHSTe
High Bridge
exHST
Glen Gardner
exHST
Hampton
exHST
Ludlow
exHST
Bloomsbury
exKBFe
Phillipsburg

Somerville is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Somerville, New Jersey, south of the town center. The station building on the north side of the tracks has been restored and now is used by a law firm. Parking lots are located to the south of the station and there is a tunnel there to access the platforms.

In 2004, the station's parking lot was expanded, toward the two railroad tracks, from the south side, to include parking for another 68 cars.

At some point, the stationhouse and the train tracks were on the same level. An historical photo of the Somerville station with the tracks in front of it can be seen in the Arcadia Publishing historical photo book "Somerset County in Postcards," by Alan A. Siegel, Somerset County Historical Society (ISBN 0-7385-0078-X).

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