Bound Brook station

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.

Bound Brook
Bound Brook station in April 2015, looking east along the south platform
General information
LocationEast Main Street (CR 527-533), Bound Brook, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Raritan Valley Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSomerset County Transportation: DASH
Construction
Structure typeCanopy
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone14
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1840
Rebuilt1859–1860
1872
July 1912–August 10, 1913
Previous namesYellow Tavern (1840–1842)
Passengers
2012622 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Bridgewater
toward High Bridge
 Raritan Valley Line Dunellen
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Conrail Following station
Belle Mead
toward Reading Terminal
 Crusader and Wall Street
1976–1981
 Newark
Terminus
Belle Mead
toward West Trenton
 West Trenton Line
1981–1982
(NJ Transit)
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Somerville
toward Scranton
 Main Line Dunellen
toward Jersey City
Manville–Finderne
toward Somerville
 Somerville – Jersey City
Local
 Middlesex
toward Jersey City
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Belle Mead
toward Philadelphia
 New York Branch Terminus
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
West Trenton
toward Philadelphia
 Philadelphia – Jersey City
Local
 Plainfield
toward Jersey City
Wayne Junction
toward Chicago
 Main Line
Until 1926
 Manhattan Transfer
toward New York
Bound Brook Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
LocationE. Main Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey
Coordinates40°33′39″N 74°31′51″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectWilliam I. Houghton
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002787
NJRHP No.2481
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

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.

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