North Branch station

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]

North Branch
North Branch station as faced from Station Road.
General information
Location	Station Road at Central Place, Branchburg, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.5922°N 74.6842°W / 40.5922; -74.6842
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	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	1 bicycle rack
Accessible	No
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

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

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 April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "N. York, Elizabethtown, Somerville, Easton". The Evening Post. New York, New York. March 14, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 68. ISBN 1891402072.
6. "Fire Razes CNJ Station". The Courier-News. January 8, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved November 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
8. "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