Plainfield station

Plainfield
General information
Location	145 East 4th Street, Plainfield, New Jersey
Owned by	NJ Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 59, 65, 66, 113, 114, 819, 822, 986
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes; bike racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	11[1]
History
Opened	January 1, 1839[2]
Rebuilt	1873 March 1901[3]
Passengers
2012	893 (average weekday)[4]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Dunellen toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Netherwood toward New York or Hoboken Grant Avenue Closed 1986 toward High Bridge
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Dunellen toward Scranton Main Line Netherwood toward Jersey City Grant Avenue toward Somerville Somerville – Jersey City Local Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Wayne Junction toward Chicago Main Line Elizabeth toward Jersey City Bound Brook toward Philadelphia Philadelphia – Jersey City Local
Plainfield Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Plainfield station in 1907
Location	North Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
Coordinates	40°37′6″N 74°25′15″W / 40.61833°N 74.42083°W / 40.61833; -74.42083
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1902 (1902)
Architect	Bradford L. Gilbert; Joseph Osgood
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002837[5]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. The ticket office and waiting area are in the south side station house (the eastbound platform). It was the westernmost station on the line with ADA accessibility, until Somerville's new high-level platforms were opened on December 7, 2010.^[6]