Dunellen station

Dunellen

Dunellen Station in July 2014.
Coordinates 40°35′27″N 74°27′47″W / 40.59083°N 74.46306°W / 40.59083; -74.46306Coordinates: 40°35′27″N 74°27′47″W / 40.59083°N 74.46306°W / 40.59083; -74.46306
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Raritan Valley Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 59, 65, 66, 113, and 114
Suburban Trails: Dunellen Local
Other information
Fare zone 12
History
Opened 1840[1]
Rebuilt 1868, 1953[1]
Previous names New Market (1840–1868)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 945 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line

Dunellen is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Dunellen, New Jersey. It is the only Raritan Valley Line station in Middlesex County. There is a ticket office and small waiting area at this stop. A simple station, there are two tracks with two small side platforms. The station is located on a high embankment.

A CNJ Budd RDC at Dunellen station on July 4, 1969

Trains stop serving the station at midnight and resume by 5 in the morning. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed along with an automated voice telling commuters when their train will arrive.

Station layout

  ■ Raritan Valley Line toward High Bridge (Bound Brook)
  ■ Raritan Valley Line toward Hoboken or New York (Plainfield)

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. 63. ISBN 1891402072.
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.


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