Raritan station
Raritan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Raritan station from the eastern end of the High Bridge-bound platform in March 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 20 Railroad Avenue, Raritan, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°34′15″N 74°38′04″W / 40.5707°N 74.6344°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "NJT color" does not exist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 17[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | c. 1851[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1890[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 638 (average weekday)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raritan Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Anderson and Thompson Sts., Raritan, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°34′14″N 74°38′4″W / 40.57056°N 74.63444°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.4 ha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002824[5][6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 |
Raritan is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, north of the town center on Thompson Street. The station building is south of the tracks in the main parking lot and was built in the early 1890s. There are also three other small lots for this station.
Raritan is the westernmost stop served by most Raritan Valley Line trains, as well as daily service. Service between Raritan and High Bridge operates during weekdays only.
The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[5][6][7][8] It houses the local VFW Post inside. A small section is still open during the winter with heaters so passengers do not have to wait outside.
Station layout
The station has two low-level side platforms.
Ground/ platform level | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Track 1 | ← Raritan Valley Line limited service toward High Bridge (North Branch) ← Raritan Valley Line termination track |
Track 2 | Raritan Valley Line toward Newark – Penn or New York (Somerville) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Street level | Station building, ticket machine, parking |
See also
References
- ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 68. ISBN 1891402072.
- ^ Conron, Marcia (April 24, 1987). "NJT's Raritan Station on Track to Renewal". The Courier-News. p. C2. Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
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- ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Raritan New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
- ^ National Register of Historical Places -- Somerset County, New Jersey
External links
Media related to Raritan (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Railway stations in Somerset County, New Jersey
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Raritan, New Jersey
- Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
- Veterans of Foreign Wars buildings
- New Jersey railway station stubs