Westfield station (NJ Transit) explained

Westfield
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:NJ Transit BOF
Coordinates:40.6496°N -74.3477°W
Line:Raritan Valley Line
Other:NJ Transit Bus
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Passengers:2,376 (average weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2012
Opened:January 1, 1839[2]
Rebuilt:1892 (westbound station)[3]
1913 (eastbound station)
Accessible:yes
Zone:8[4]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:12

Westfield is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States.

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.[5]

The station consists of two buildings: the main building on the north (westbound platform) side of the track houses a non-profit group, the south (eastbound platform) side of the tracks houses the ticket office and waiting area and the platform has two ticket vending machines. The present north building was built in 1892, while the present south building was built in 1912 by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). An access tunnel connects the two platforms and, like Cranford, there are historic photographs of Westfield displayed in the tunnel.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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 . live . April 19, 2013.
  2. News: Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield, Elizabethport, Historian Says. August 2, 2020. The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. 7. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Westfielders' Opinions Vary on Purchasing CNJ Stations. December 2, 2017. The Courier-News. March 30, 1955. 25. Newspapers.com.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: July 2020 . RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN . 2023-06-09 . 76; 81.