Plainfield station
{{Short description|NJ Transit rail station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name=Plainfield
| style=NJ Transit
| image=Plainfield Station from North Avenue.jpg
| image_caption=
| address=145 East 4th Street, Plainfield, New Jersey
| line=Raritan Valley Line
| distance={{convert|23.1|mi}} from Jersey City{{cite book | title=NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics | date=2005 | last=NJ Transit | pages=117–119; 142b; 173–182}}
| other=NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|59|65|113|114|819|822|986}}
| structure=
| platform=2 side platforms
| depth=
| levels=
| tracks=2
| parking=
| bicycle=Yes; bike racks
| baggage_check=
| passengers=570 (average weekday){{cite report|url=https://archive.org/details/njt-boarding-data-q-1-2025-1|title=Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025|publisher=NJ Transit|date=2025|accessdate=June 1, 2025|via=Internet Archive|location=Newark, New Jersey}}
| pass_year=2024
| pass_percent=
| pass_system=
| closed=
| electrified=
| accessible=yes
| code=
| owned=NJ Transit
| zone=11{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0060.pdf|title=Raritan Valley Line Timetables|publisher=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations|access-date=November 27, 2010|date=November 7, 2010|location=Newark, New Jersey|archive-date=November 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107152229/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0060.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| former=
| services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=NJ Transit
|line1=Raritan Valley|left1=Dunellen|right1=Netherwood
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=NJ Transit
|line1=Raritan Valley|left1=Grant Avenue|right1=Netherwood|note-left1=Closed 1986
|system2=Central Railroad of New Jersey
|line2=Main Line|left2=Dunellen|right2=Netherwood
|line3=Somerville-Jersey City|left3=Grant Avenue|right3=Netherwood|note-mid3=Local
|system4=Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|line4=main|left4=Wayne Junction|right4=Elizabeth
|line5=Philadelphia-Jersey City|left5=Bound Brook|right5=Elizabeth|note-mid5=Local
}}
| nrhp=
{{Infobox NRHP
| embed = yes
| name = Plainfield Station
| nrhp_type =
| image = Central Railroad Station, Plainfield, New Jersey (1906).jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Plainfield station in 1907
| location = North Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Raritan Valley}} |zoom=12 }}
| coordinates = {{coord|40|37|6|N|74|25|15|W|region:US-NJ_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| built = {{Start date|1902}}
| architect = Bradford L. Gilbert; Joseph Osgood
| architecture = Renaissance
| added = June 22, 1984
| area = {{convert|3.5|acre}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000496|title=Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR}}
| refnum = 84002837{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=84002837}}
}}
}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=2588|title=Somerville Station: New High-Level Platforms Open Tuesday, December 7|date=December 2010|publisher=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations|access-date=7 December 2010|location=Newark, New Jersey}}
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.[https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp/GetAsset?assetID=b360a927-10da-4e21-8906-885eeb1af097 Plainfield New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey]{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places | url= http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists.htm | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office | access-date= 7 January 2015}} 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 {{convert|632|ft}} long while the outbound platform is {{convert|626|ft}} long; both can accommodate seven cars.{{Cite web |date=July 2020 |title=RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN |url=https://raritanvalleyrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Raritan-One-Seat_Full-Final-Report.pdf |access-date=2023-06-09 | pages=76; 81}}
See also
References
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External links
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{{NJT links}}
- [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/njtransit/raritan.html world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line] including [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=14622 Plainfield Station]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020620052136/http://hobokenterminal.com/grandcentral/njt/raritan/raritan.html Raritan Valley Line (Unofficial NJTransit Homepage)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.618749,-74.41938&spn=0.004056,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.6188,-74.419461&panoid=EMhEqKj5M5ibHs8jOOo33A&cbp=12,208.44,,0,0.84 Watchung Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.617845,-74.419627&spn=0.004056,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.61777,-74.419692&panoid=UGlFOreQL5Ku_Y4JIaywew&cbp=12,310.41,,0,-3.33 Station House from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.617454,-74.421537&spn=0.004056,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.617406,-74.421447&panoid=EBwKedYQe36bwVKwXxg6vw&cbp=12,18.23,,0,1.61 Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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