Somerville station

Somerville
The new Somerville station with high-level platform in construction during May 2011.
General information
LocationSouth Bridge Street, Somerville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°33′58″N 74°36′51″W / 40.5661°N 74.6141°W / 40.5661; -74.6141
Owned byNJ Transit
Line(s)Raritan Valley Line
Distance34.7 miles (55.8 km) from Jersey City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJ Transit Bus: 65, 114
Construction
ParkingMonthly or daily
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone17[2]
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1842[3]
RebuiltNovember 28, 1856[4]
May 1867[5]
September 1889–November 18, 1890[6][7]
Passengers
2012677 (average weekday)[8]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Raritan Raritan Valley Line Bridgewater
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Raritan Raritan Valley Line Finderne
(closed 2006)
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Raritan
toward Scranton
Main Line Bound Brook
Terminus Somerville – Jersey City
Local
Manville–Finderne
Roycefield
toward Flemington
South Branch Terminus
Location
Map

Somerville is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, located south of the downtown center of Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The historic station building on the north side of the tracks has been restored and now is used by a law firm. Parking lots are located to the south of the station and there is a tunnel there to access the platforms. Like many of the stations on the Raritan Valley Line, Somerville was not a wheelchair accessible station until December 7, 2010.

  1. ^ NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ Bianculli 2001, p. 152.
  5. ^ Bianculli 2001, p. 151.
  6. ^ "Jottings". The Plainfield Evening News. September 21, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Somerville Improvements". The Plainfield Evening News. November 18, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.