Raritan (NJT station)

Raritan
Raritan Station from the eastern end of the High Bridge-bound platform in March 2014.
Location	20 Railroad Avenue, Raritan, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°34′15″N 74°38′04″W / 40.5707°N 74.6344°W / 40.5707; -74.6344Coordinates: 40°34′15″N 74°38′04″W / 40.5707°N 74.6344°W / 40.5707; -74.6344
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	c. 1851
Rebuilt	1892
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	638 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station North Branch toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Somerville toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station
Raritan Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Anderson and Thompson Sts., Raritan, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°34′14″N 74°38′4″W / 40.57056°N 74.63444°W / 40.57056; -74.63444
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built	1890
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002824
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

Raritan is a New Jersey 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. 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.