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Plainfield
General information
Location145 East 4th Street, Plainfield, New Jersey
Owned byNJ Transit
Line(s)Raritan Valley Line
Distance23.1 miles (37.2 km) from Jersey City
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJ Transit Bus: 59, 65, 113, 114, 819, 822, 986
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes; bike racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone11
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1839
Rebuilt1873
March 1901
Passengers
2012893 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Dunellentoward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Netherwoodtoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Grant AvenueClosed 1986toward High Bridge
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Dunellentoward Scranton Main Line Netherwoodtoward Jersey City
Grant Avenuetoward Somerville Somerville – Jersey CityLocal
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Wayne Junctiontoward Chicago Main Line Elizabethtoward Jersey City
Bound Brooktoward Philadelphia: Chestnut St. or Reading Terminal Philadelphia – Jersey CityLocal
Plainfield Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Plainfield station in 1907
LocationNorth Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
Coordinates40°37′6″N 74°25′15″W / 40.61833°N 74.42083°W / 40.61833; -74.42083
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectBradford L. Gilbert; Joseph Osgood
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002837
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984

Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. 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). It was the westernmost station on the line with ADA accessibility, until Somerville's new high-level platforms were opened on December 7, 2010.

History

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. It been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and along with Netherwood is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. The station underwent a reconstruction project in 2010 and kept its listing.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is 632 feet (193 m) long while the outbound platform is 626 feet (191 m) long; both can accommodate seven cars.

See also

References

  1. NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
  2. "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. Wyckoff, Jane Bower (April 21, 1949). "Development of Jersey Central Spurred by Plainfield Enthusiasts". The Plainfield Courier-News. p. 17. Retrieved July 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "Central Railroad News". The Wilkes-Barre Times. March 19, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84002837)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. "Somerville Station: New High-Level Platforms Open Tuesday, December 7". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. December 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  8. Plainfield New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  9. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  10. "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 76, 81. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

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