Raritan station

Raritan
Raritan
	Raritan station from the eastern end of the High Bridge-bound platform in March 2014.
General information
Location	20 Railroad Avenue, Raritan, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°34′15″N 74°38′04″W / 40.5707°N 74.6344°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	35.9 miles (57.8 km) from Jersey City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	No
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, other
Other information
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	c. 1851
Rebuilt	1890
Passengers
2012	638 (average weekday)
Services
Former services
	Raritan Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002824
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Raritan is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, north of the town center on Thompson Street. The station building is south of the tracks in the main parking lot and was built in the early 1890s. There are also three other small lots for this station.

Raritan is the westernmost stop served by most Raritan Valley Line trains, as well as daily service. Service between Raritan and High Bridge operates during weekdays only.

The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] It houses the local VFW Post inside. A small section is still open during the winter with heaters so passengers do not have to wait outside.

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms serving two tracks. The inbound platform is slightly longer than the outbound platform at 393 feet (120 m) vs 377 feet (115 m). Both can accommodate four cars.^[10]