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NJ Transit rail station

Plainfield

Location 145 East 4th Street, Plainfield, New Jersey Owned by NJ Transit Line(s) Raritan Valley Line Distance 23.1 miles (37.2 km) from Jersey City[1] Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections NJ Transit Bus: 59, 65, 113, 114, 819, 822, 986 Bicycle facilities Yes; bike racks Accessible Yes Fare zone 11[2] Opened January 1, 1839[3] Rebuilt 1873
March 1901[4] 2024 570 (average weekday)[5] Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Dunellen

toward

High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Netherwood

toward

New York Penn Station

or

Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Grant Avenue

Closed 1986

toward

High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Netherwood

toward

New York Penn Station

or

Hoboken Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Dunellen

toward

Scranton Main Line Netherwood

toward

Jersey City Grant Avenue

toward

Somerville Somerville – Jersey City

Local

Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Wayne Junction

toward

Chicago Main Line Elizabeth

toward

Jersey City Bound Brook

toward Philadelphia:

Chestnut St.

or

Reading Terminal Philadelphia – Jersey City

Local

Plainfield Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Plainfield station in 1907

Location North Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060 Coordinates 40°37′6″N 74°25′15″W / 40.61833°N 74.42083°W / 40.61833; -74.42083 Area 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) Built 1902 (1902) Architect Bradford L. Gilbert; Joseph Osgood Architectural style Renaissance MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR NRHP reference No. 84002837[6] Added to NRHP June 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.[7]

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.[6][8][9] The station underwent a reconstruction project in 2010 and kept its listing.

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.[10]

  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.
  4. ^ "Central Railroad News". The Wilkes-Barre Times. March 19, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025 (Report). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "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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