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.[5]
North Branch | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Station Road at Central Place, Branchburg, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°35′32″N 74°41′03″W / 40.5922°N 74.6842°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 1 bicycle rack | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 18[1] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | September 25, 1848[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1850, 1860, 1892–1893, 1970[4] | ||||||||||||
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January 8, 1970 | Station depot burned[5] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2012 | 72 (average weekday)[6] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 192 feet (59 m) long and accommodates a single car.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield, Elizabethport, Historian Says". The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N. York, Elizabethtown, Somerville, Easton". The Evening Post. New York, New York. March 14, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 68. ISBN 1891402072.
- ^ a b "Fire Razes CNJ Station". The Courier-News. January 8, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved November 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 75, 81. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
External links
editMedia related to North Branch (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
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