Netherwood station

Netherwood
Netherwood station in August 2014.
General information
Location	South Avenue (NJ 28) and Belvedere Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	21.9 miles (35.2 km) from Jersey City [1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 113, 822 Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	10 [2]
History
Opened	1874 [3]
Rebuilt	July 23, 1892–1893 [4]
Key dates
March 20, 1892	Station depot burns [5]
Passengers
2012	546 (average weekday) [6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Plainfield toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Fanwood toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Plainfield toward Scranton Main Line Westfield toward Jersey City Plainfield toward Somerville Somerville – Jersey City Local Fanwood toward Jersey City
Netherwood Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Netherwood station
Location	Between North and South Aves., Plainfield, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°37′45″N74°24′13″W / 40.62917°N 74.40361°W / 40.62917; -74.40361
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1894 (1894)
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002830 [7]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Netherwood is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is located along North Avenue at the intersection of Netherwood Avenue and along South Avenue at the intersection of Belvedere Avenue. The station has a ticket vending machine, and the station house itself is located off of South Avenue.

History

Netherwood station was originally built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1894. As with the rest of the CNJ, the station was subsidized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1964 and absorbed into Conrail in 1976. The station is one of the two surviving CNJ stations in Plainfield (the other being Downtown Plainfield station), whereas the community previously had five; the other three being at Grant Avenue, Clinton Avenue (formerly known as Evona). The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource, along with the other active station downtown. ^{[8] [9]}

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is 383 feet (117 m) long while the outbound platform is 381 feet (116 m) long; both can accommodate four cars. ^[10]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
• List of New Jersey Transit stations

References

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. Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 61. ISBN   1891402072.
4. "A New Depot for Netherwood At Last". The Plainfield Courier. July 23, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
5. "A Sunday Afternoon". The Plainfield Courier. March 21, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
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 – (#84002830)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
8. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
9. Netherwood New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
10. "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 76, 81. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

Media related to Netherwood (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Raritan Valley Line (Unofficial NJTransit Homepage)