Plainfield station
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History
Plainfield station was originally built by Bradford L. Gilbert and Joseph Osgood for the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1902. 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 Netherwood station), whereas the community previously had five; the other three being at Grant Avenue, Clinton Avenue, and another station named Evona. It been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and along with Netherwood is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[3][4][5] The station underwent a reconstruction project in 2010 and kept its listing.
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is Script error: No such module "convert". long while the outbound platform is Script error: No such module "convert". long; both can accommodate seven cars.[6]
See also
- List of New Jersey Transit stations
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
References
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External links
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- world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line including Plainfield Station
- Raritan Valley Line (Unofficial NJTransit Homepage)
- Watchung Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Plainfield, New Jersey
- Railway stations in Union County, New Jersey
- Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
- Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Renaissance Revival architecture in New Jersey
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1839
- National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey
- 1839 establishments in New Jersey