Bound Brook station

Bound Brook
Bound Brook station in April 2015, looking east along the south platform
General information
Location	350 East Main Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Somerset County Transportation: DASH
Construction
Structure type	Canopy
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	1842
Rebuilt	1859-60, 1872, 1913
Previous names	Yellow Tavern (1840–1842)
Passengers
2012	622 (average weekday)
Services
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Bound Brook Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	E. Main St., Bound Brook, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°33′39″N 74°31′51″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1913 (1913)
Architect	William I. Houghton
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002787
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Bound Brook is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The station building on the north side of the tracks is now a restaurant; the other station building on the south side is now privately owned. A pedestrian tunnel connects the south and north sides of the tracks.

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, the railroad's main freight line into the New York City area – built and formerly owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad until merged into Conrail – is a few yards south of the south platform and is used by around 25 freight trains a day.

The station at 350 East Main Street was built in 1913 as a replacement station. This was a part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey Elevation Project from Elizabeth to Somerville (grade crossing removal). The station on the north side of the tracks replaced the original station (circa 1847-8) that was located on the south side of the tracks as built by the railroad then known as The Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad.

Bound Brook station was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms.

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Bridgewater)
	Track 2	← Raritan Valley Line toward Newark – Penn or New York (Dunellen) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Station building, ticket machine, parking

Bibliography

• Bianculli, Anthony J. (2001). Trains and Technology: Track and Structures. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 9780874138023. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Media related to Bound Brook (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
• Station from Google Maps Street View