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Bound Brook
Bound Brook station in April 2015, looking east along the south platform
General information
Location	East Main Street (CRs 527 and 533), Bound Brook, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	30.2 miles (48.6 km) from Jersey City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Somerset County Transportation: DASH
Construction
Structure type	Canopy
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	January 1, 1840
Rebuilt	1859–1860 1872 July 1912–August 10, 1913
Previous names	Yellow Tavern (1840–1842)
Passengers
2012	622 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] NJ Transit Following station Bridgewatertoward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Dunellentoward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Conrail Following station Belle Meadtoward Reading Terminal Crusader and Wall Street1976–1981 NewarkTerminus Belle Meadtoward West Trenton West Trenton Line1981–1982 (NJ Transit) Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Somervilletoward Scranton Main Line Dunellentoward Jersey City Manville–Findernetoward Somerville Somerville – Jersey CityLocal Middlesextoward Jersey City Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Belle Meadtoward Philadelphia New York Branch Terminus Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station West Trentontoward Philadelphia: Chestnut St. or Reading Terminal Philadelphia – Jersey CityLocal Plainfieldtoward Jersey City Wayne Junctiontoward Chicago Main LineUntil 1926 Manhattan Transfertoward New York
Bound Brook Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	E. Main Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°33′39″N 74°31′51″W / 40.56083°N 74.53083°W / 40.56083; -74.53083
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1913 (1913)
Architect	William I. Houghton
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002787
NJRHP No.	2481
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

Bound Brook is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The station building on the north side of the tracks is now a restaurant; the other station building on the south side is now privately owned. A pedestrian tunnel connects the south and north sides of the tracks.

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, the railroad's main freight line into the New York City area – built and formerly owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad until merged into Conrail – is a few yards south of the south platform and is used by around 25 freight trains a day. The Lehigh Valley Railroad used a separate station to the south.

History

The station at 350 East Main Street was opened on August 10, 1913 as a replacement station. This was a part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey Elevation Project from Elizabeth to Somerville (grade crossing removal). The station on the north side of the tracks replaced the original station (circa 1847-1848) that was located on the south side of the tracks as built by the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad.

Bound Brook station was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. Both are 400 feet (120 m) long and can accommodate four cars.

Bibliography

• Bianculli, Anthony J. (2001). Trains and Technology: Track and Structures. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 9780874138023.

References

1. NJ Transit (2005). NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics. pp. 117–119, 142b, 173–182.
2. "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 March 27, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
3. ^ Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. p. 64. ISBN 1891402072.
4. ^ "R. R. Improvements at Bound Brook and Somerville". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. July 27, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
5. ^ "Bound Brook's New Station in Use". The Plainfield Courier-News. August 11, 1913. p. 16. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
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 – (#84002787)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
8. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 3.
9. Central Railroad of New Jersey
10. Meyer, Richard (May 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bound Brook Station". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
11. "RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN" (PDF). July 2020. pp. 75, 81. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Bound Brook (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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Districts	Blawenburg Historic District Bridgepoint Historic District Clover Hill Historic District Delaware and Raritan Canal East Millstone Historic District Franklin Corners Historic District Griggstown Historic District King's Highway Historic District Kingston Mill Historic District Kingston Village Historic District Lamington Historic District Liberty Corner Historic District Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District Middlebush Village Historic District Millstone Historic District Millstone Valley Agricultural District Neshanic Historic District Neshanic Mills Neshanic Station Historic District North Branch Historic District Olcott Avenue Historic District Pluckemin Village Historic District Pottersville Village Historic District River Road Historic Rural District Rocky Hill Historic District Six Mile Run Historic District South Branch Historic District Washington Park Historic District
Places of worship	Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge Reformed Dutch Church of Blawenburg Six Mile Run Reformed Church St. Bernard's Church and Parish House St. John's Church Complex
Houses	Alward Farmhouse Baker–Duderstadt Farm Boudinot–Southard Farmstead Coffee House Elmendorf House General John Frelinghuysen House Dirck Gulick House Huff House and Farmstead Kennedy–Martin–Stelle Farmstead Kirch–Ford House Alexander and James Linn Homestead Maplewood The Meadows Old Dutch Parsonage Reynolds–Scherman House Daniel Robert House Rockingham Smalley–Wormser House J. Harper Smith Mansion Staats House Andrew Ten Eyck House Tulipwood Vail–Trust House Van Der Veer–Harris House Van Horne House Van Veghten House Jacobus Vanderveer House Van Derventer–Brunson House Dr. John Vermeule House Vosseller's–Castner's–Allen's Tavern Wallace House
Buildings	Basking Ridge Classical School Bernardsville Station Bound Brook Station Brook Theater Far Hills Station Gladstone Station Lyons Station McDonald's–Kline's Mill John Parker Tavern Raritan Station Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House Somerset Courthouse Green South Branch Schoolhouse West End Hose Company Number 3
Sites	Middlebrook Encampment Site Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site Lord Stirling Manor Site
Structures	Bedens Brook Bridge Bedens Brook Road Bridge Cat Tail Brook Bridge Moses Craig Limekilns Higginsville Road Bridges Old Stone Arch Bridge Raritan Bridge Rock Brook Bridge
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