Dunellen station

Dunellen

Dunellen Station in July 2014.
Coordinates 40°35′27″N 74°27′47″W / 40.59083°N 74.46306°W / 40.59083; -74.46306Coordinates: 40°35′27″N 74°27′47″W / 40.59083°N 74.46306°W / 40.59083; -74.46306
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 59, 65, 66, 113, and 114
Suburban Trails: Dunellen Local
Other information
Fare zone 12
History
Opened 1840[1]
Rebuilt 1868, 1953[1]
Previous names New Market (18401868)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 945 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line

Dunellen is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Dunellen, New Jersey. It is the only Raritan Valley Line station in Middlesex County. There is a ticket office and small waiting area at this stop. A simple station, there are two tracks with two small side platforms. The station is located on a high embankment.

A CNJ Budd RDC at Dunellen station on July 4, 1969

Trains stop serving the station at midnight and resume by 5 in the morning. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed along with an automated voice telling commuters when their train will arrive.

Station layout

   Raritan Valley Line toward High Bridge (Bound Brook)
   Raritan Valley Line toward Hoboken or New York (Plainfield)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 63. ISBN 1891402072.
  2. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.


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