Plainfield (NJT station)

Plainfield
Location North Avenue, between
Gavett Place and Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, New Jersey
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 59, 65, 66, 113, 114, 819, 822, and 986
(all buses except 986 on Watchung Avenue)
Construction
Bicycle facilities Yes; Bike Racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 11[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 893 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line
Plainfield Station
Location North Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°37′6″N 74°25′15″W / 40.61833°N 74.42083°WCoordinates: 40°37′6″N 74°25′15″W / 40.61833°N 74.42083°W
Area 3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built 1902
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body State
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference # 84002837[3]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984

Plainfield is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was the westernmost station on the line with ADA accessibility, until Somerville station's new high-level platforms were opened on December 7, 2010.[4] One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. The ticket office and waiting area are in the south side station house (the eastbound platform).

Station layout

  ■Raritan Valley Line toward High Bridge (Dunellen)
  ■Raritan Valley Line toward Hoboken or New York (Netherwood)

History

Plainfield Station, ca. 1910

Plainfield Station was originally built by Bradford L. Gilbert and Joseph Osgood for the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1902. As with the rest of the CNJ, the station was subsidized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1964 and absorbed into Conrail in 1976. The station is one of the two surviving CNJ stations in Plainfield (the other being Netherwood Station), whereas the community previously had five; the other three being at Grant Avenue, Clinton Avenue, and another station named Evona. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, along with Netherwood. Despite its status as an NRHP listed station, the station faced a reconstruction project in 2010, and kept its listing.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Somerville Station: New High-Level Platforms Open Tuesday, December 7". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.

External links

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