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.
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.Plainfield New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey 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 long while the outbound platform is long; both can accommodate seven cars.
See also List of New Jersey Transit stations National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
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world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line including Plainfield Station Raritan Valley Line (Unofficial NJTransit Homepage) Watchung Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Station House from Google Maps Street View Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View