North Branch station explained
| North Branch |
| Style: | NJ Transit |
| Address: | Station Road at Central Place, Branchburg, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.5922°N -74.6842°W |
| Line: | Raritan Valley Line |
| Platform: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | 1 bicycle rack |
| Passengers: | 72 (average weekday)[1] |
| Pass Year: | 2012 |
| Opened: | September 25, 1848[2] [3] |
| Rebuilt: | 1850, 1860, 1892 - 1893, 1970[4] |
| Years1: | January 8, 1970 |
| Events1: | Station depot burned |
| Accessible: | No |
| Owned: | NJ Transit |
| Zone: | 18[5] |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 12 |
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North Branch is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the hamlet of North Branch in Branchburg, New Jersey. The station is in a residential area, a mile to the south of North Branch center. The station has a small shelter with no facilities and is across the street from the Printmaking Council of New Jersey. North Branch station and the stations west of it have no weekend service. The former Jersey Central Railroad station depot burned to the ground on January 8, 1970.[6]
Station layout
The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is long and accommodates a single car.[7]
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. April 8, 2021. The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. 7. Newspapers.com.
- News: N. York, Elizabethtown, Somerville, Easton . April 8, 2021 . The Evening Post . March 14, 1849 . New York, New York . 4. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Bernhart. Benjamin L.. Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. 2004. Outer Station Project. 1891402072. 68.
- Web site: Raritan Valley Line Timetables. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 27, 2010. November 7, 2010. Newark, New Jersey. November 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107152229/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0060.pdf. dead.
- News: Fire Razes CNJ Station. November 22, 2017. The Courier-News. January 8, 1970. 1. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: July 2020 . RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN . 2023-06-08 . 75; 81.
