North Branch station

Coordinates: 40°35′32″N 74°41′03″W / 40.5922°N 74.6842°W

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North Branch

North Branch station as faced from Station Road.

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

Distance

39.4 miles (63.4 km) from Jersey City^[1]

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

1 bicycle rack

Accessible

Other information

Fare zone

18^[2]

History

Opened

September 25, 1848^[3]^[4]

Rebuilt

1850, 1860, 1892–1893, 1970^[5]

Key dates

January 8, 1970

Station depot burned^[6]

Passengers

2012

72 (average weekday)^[7]

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
White House toward High Bridge		Raritan Valley Line weekdays		Raritan toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken

Former services

Preceding station	Central Railroad of New Jersey			Following station
White House toward Scranton		Main Line		Raritan toward Jersey City

Location

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.^[6]

Station layout

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 192 feet (59 m) long and accommodates a single car.^[8]

References

^ 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 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

Media related to North Branch (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

Station from Station Road from Google Maps Street View

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