Westfield station (NJ Transit)
Westfield | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | South Avenue & Summit Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°38′59″N 74°20′52″W / 40.6496°N 74.3477°WCoordinates: 40°38′59″N 74°20′52″W / 40.6496°N 74.3477°W | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 59, 113 | |||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 8[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | January 1, 1839[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1892 (westbound station)[3] 1913 (eastbound station)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 2,376 (average weekday)[4] | |||||||||||||||||
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Westfield is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States.
Station layout[]
The station has two high-level side platforms. The station consists of two buildings: the main building on the north (westbound platform) side of the track houses a non-profit group, the south (eastbound platform) side of the tracks houses the ticket office and waiting area and the platform has two ticket vending machines. The present north building was built in 1892, while the present south building was built in 1912 by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). An access tunnel connects the two platforms and, like Cranford, there are historic photographs of Westfield displayed in the tunnel.
P Platform level | ||
Side platform | ||
Track 1 | ← Raritan Valley Line toward Raritan or High Bridge (Fanwood) | |
Track 2 | Raritan Valley Line toward Newark Penn Station (Garwood) → | |
Side platform | ||
G | Street level | Station building, parking, buses |
References[]
- ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ "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 August 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Westfielders' Opinions Vary on Purchasing CNJ Stations". The Courier-News. March 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved December 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
External links[]
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Categories:
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Railway stations in Union County, New Jersey
- Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1839
- Westfield, New Jersey
- 1839 establishments in New Jersey
- New Jersey railway station stubs