Bound Brook station explained
| Bound Brook |
| Style: | NJ Transit |
| Style2: | NJ Transit BOF |
| Line: | Raritan Valley Line |
| Other: | Somerset County Transportation: DASH |
| Structure: | Canopy |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | Racks |
| Passengers: | 622 (average weekday)[1] |
| Pass Year: | 2012 |
| Opened: | January 1, 1840[2] |
| Rebuilt: | 1859 - 1860
1872[3]
July 1912 - August 10, 1913[4] [5] |
| Accessible: | No |
| Owned: | New Jersey Transit |
| Zone: | 14 |
| Former: | Yellow Tavern (1840 - 1842) |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Nrhp: | | Embed: | yes | | Bound Brook Station | | Mapframe: | yes | | Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 12 |
| | Coordinates: | 40.5608°N -74.5308°W | | Architect: | William I. Houghton | | Architecture: | Classical Revival | | Added: | June 22, 1984 | | Refnum: | 84002787 | | Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP | | Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Date: | March 17, 1984 | | Designated Other1 Number: | 2481[6] | | Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom | | Designated Other1 Color: | - ffc94b
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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 Lehigh Valley Railroad used a separate station to the south.
History
The station at 350 East Main Street was opened on August 10, 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 1847-1848) that was located on the south side of the tracks as built by the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad.[7]
Bound Brook station was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[8]
Station layout
The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. Both are long and can accommodate four cars.[9]
Bibliography
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . December 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . dead .
- News: Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield, Elizabethport, Historian Says. March 27, 2018. The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. 7. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Bernhart. Benjamin L.. Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. 2004. Outer Station Project. 1891402072. 64.
- News: R. R. Improvements at Bound Brook and Somerville . July 28, 2019 . The Daily Home News . July 27, 1912 . . 8. Newspapers.com.
- News: Bound Brook's New Station in Use . July 28, 2019 . The Plainfield Courier-News . August 11, 1913 . 16. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 3 . December 28, 2020 .
- [Central Railroad of New Jersey]
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84002787}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bound Brook Station ]. National Park Service. Richard . Meyer . May 1981 . With
- Web site: July 2020 . RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN . 2023-06-08 . 75; 81.
