Somerville station

Somerville
The new Somerville station with high-level platform in construction during May 2011.
General information
Location	100 South Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
Coordinates	40.5661°N 74.6141°W / 40.5661; -74.6141
Owned by	NJ Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 65, 114
Construction
Parking	Yes, free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	January 1, 1842
Rebuilt	November 28, 1856, May 1867, 1891
Passengers
2012	677 (average weekday)
Services
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Somerville is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, located south of the downtown center of Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The historic station building on the north side of the tracks has been restored and now is used by a law firm. Parking lots are located to the south of the station and there is a tunnel there to access the platforms. Like many of the stations on the Raritan Valley Line, Somerville was not a wheelchair accessible station until December 7, 2010.

In 2004, the station's parking lot was expanded, toward the two railroad tracks, from the south side, to include parking for another 68 cars. These spaces are no longer available as a construction project is in progress.

Historical building, former train station, 2008

At some point, the stationhouse and the train tracks were on the same level. An historical photo of the Somerville station with the tracks in front of it can be seen in the Arcadia Publishing historical photo book Somerset County in Postcards, by Alan A. Siegel, Somerset County Historical Society (ISBN 0-7385-0078-X). In 2009, a reconstruction project began at the station to install high-level platforms and make the station handicap accessible. This project includes new ramps, renovations to the existing tunnel, rehabilitation of the existing freight elevator shafts, a new tunnel headhouse, and demolition of the two existing waiting rooms. It was announced on December 1, 2010 that the high level platforms will open on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 to allow for demolition of the low level platforms and continued platform construction. The historic station depot is being kept.

Starting January 12, 2015, NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line started mid-town direct service between New York City and Somerville and its surrounding area.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms.

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Raritan)
	Track 2	← Raritan Valley Line toward Newark – Penn or New York (Bridgewater) →
	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 Somerville (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

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