Fanwood | |||||||||||||
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 The Fanwood station as viewed from the pedestrian overpass on a winter afternoon. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | South Avenue (NJ 28) and South Martine Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 20.6 miles (33.2 km) from Jersey City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 113 Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes, paid and permit parking | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 9[2] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1, 1839[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1868[4] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Scotch Plains Fanwood Park | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 974 (average weekday)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Central Railroad of New Jersey | |||||||||||||
 Fanwood's former CNJ depot in January 2020. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 238 North Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°38′28″N 74°23′6″W / 40.64111°N 74.38500°W | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1874 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late-Victorian | ||||||||||||
| Part of | Fanwood Park Historic District (ID04000516) | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 80002521[6] | ||||||||||||
| Significant dates | |||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Designated CP | May 27, 2004 | ||||||||||||
Fanwood is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Fanwood, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The building on the north side of the tracks (westbound platform) is a Victorian building and, like the north building at Westfield, is used by a non-profit organization. The address is Fanwood Station, 238 North Avenue, Fanwood, Union County, New Jersey.[7] The ticket office is in the station building on the south side of the tracks (eastbound platform). The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1980.[6]
- ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
- ^ "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 August 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 61. ISBN 1891402072.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#80002521)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Historic American Buildings Survey, (1986) "Fanwood Station, South Side Waiting Room, 238 North Avenue, Raritan Valley Line, Fanwood, Union, NJ,[permanent dead link]" Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
