Bound Brook station

Bound Brook
Bound Brook station in April 2015, looking east along the south platform
General information
LocationEast Main Street (CR 527-533), Bound Brook, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Raritan Valley Line
Distance30.2 miles (48.6 km) from Jersey City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSomerset County Transportation: DASH
Construction
Structure typeCanopy
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone14
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1840[2]
Rebuilt1859–1860
1872[3]
July 1912–August 10, 1913[4][5]
Previous namesYellow Tavern (1840–1842)[3]
Passengers
2012622 (average weekday)[6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Bridgewater Raritan Valley Line Dunellen
Former services
Preceding station Conrail Following station
Belle Mead Crusader and Wall Street
1976–1981
Newark
Terminus
Belle Mead West Trenton Line
1981–1982
(NJ Transit)
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Somerville
toward Scranton
Main Line Dunellen
Manville–Finderne
toward Somerville
Somerville – Jersey City
Local
Middlesex
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Belle Mead New York Branch Terminus
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
West Trenton
toward Philadelphia: Chestnut St. or Reading Terminal
Philadelphia – Jersey City
Local
Plainfield
Wayne Junction
toward Chicago
Main Line
Until 1926
Manhattan Transfer
toward New York
Bound Brook Station
Map
LocationE. Main Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey
Coordinates40°33′39″N 74°31′51″W / 40.56083°N 74.53083°W / 40.56083; -74.53083
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectWilliam I. Houghton
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002787[7]
NJRHP No.2481[8]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

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.

  1. ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
  2. ^ "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 March 27, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 64. ISBN 1891402072.
  4. ^ "R. R. Improvements at Bound Brook and Somerville". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. July 27, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Bound Brook's New Station in Use". The Plainfield Courier-News. August 11, 1913. p. 16. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84002787)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  8. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 3.