Cranford station

Cranford
Cranford station in August 2014.
Location South Avenue East,
Cranford, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°39′20″N 74°18′10″W / 40.6555°N 74.3028°W / 40.6555; -74.3028Coordinates: 40°39′20″N 74°18′10″W / 40.6555°N 74.3028°W / 40.6555; -74.3028
Line(s)
  Raritan Valley Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 59 and 113
Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 7
History
Opened 1839[1]
Rebuilt 1844, 1865, 1906, August 11, 1929[1]
Previous names French House (1839–c. 1865)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 1,264 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line
  Former services  
Preceding station   Central Railroad of New Jersey   Following station
toward Scranton
Main Line
Aldene
toward Communipaw

Cranford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Cranford, New Jersey. The current Cranford station was built in the mid-1930s by the Central Railroad of New Jersey on an embankment as part of a grade crossing elimination project. Three stations preceded the current building. The station building has a ticket office, waiting area, and offices. The platforms are accessed by stairs and elevators.

The New York/Newark-bound train is on the south side, while the train to points west is on the north side. [3] Buses to New York, including rush hour express buses that are non-stop to NYC, stop on the north side of the station as well.[4]

Following the implementation of the Aldene Plan in 1967, the station served as the western terminus of the Cranford–Bayonne Shuttle. The station is the eastern-most station on the old main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey still serving as station. Like several other New Jersey Transit lines a once a week freight train can be seen in the early morning hours at Cranford station (which the plan has been currently scrapped due to NJ Transit train delay issues).

Cranford station has been identified as a stop on the Union go bus expressway, a proposed bus rapid transit line utilizing the a portion of the abandoned Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) right-of-way between it and Midtown Station, a transit hub combining the NJT station and the former CNJ station in Elizabeth.[5] [6][7]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. Both were built as island platforms, though the northbound outer track has been removed and the southbound outer track is not built for platform access.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Garwood or Westfield)
Track 2 Raritan Valley Line toward Newark – Penn or New York (Roselle Park) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Station building, ticket machine, parking

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. 59. ISBN 1891402072.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ Location of westbound platform. https://goo.gl/maps/JkyiDBvbTKy; location of eastbound platform. https://goo.gl/maps/r1Lmx5PsZ9C2
  4. ↑ Location of the bus stop to NYC. https://goo.gl/maps/M24HB1fcZ5y
  5. ↑ "Union County Go bus expressway" (PDF). NJ Transit Bus Service: The Next Generation. New Jersey Transit. April 26, 2020. Retrieved 2012-03-30. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Bollwage supports construction of new midtown train station by NJ Transit", Suburban News, March 16, 2012, retrieved 2012-02-01
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth Downtown Multi-Modal Integration Study". North Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

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