Cranford (NJT station)

Cranford
Cranford Station in January 2011 in afternoon daylight.
Station statistics
Coordinates	40°39′20″N 74°18′10″W / 40.6555°N 74.3028°W / 40.6555; -74.3028Coordinates: 40°39′20″N 74°18′10″W / 40.6555°N 74.3028°W / 40.6555; -74.3028
Lines	Raritan Valley Line
Connections	NJT Bus: 59 and 113 Olympia Trails: Westfield Commuter Service
Platforms	2 side platforms (formerly island platforms)
Tracks	2 (formerly 6)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Accessible
Fare zone	7
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,158 (average weekday)  2.68%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Garwood toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Roselle Park toward Hoboken

Cranford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Cranford, New Jersey. The current Cranford station was built in the mid 1930s by the Central Railroad of New Jersey on an embankment as part of a grade crossing elimination project. Three stations preceded the current building. The station building has a ticket office, waiting area, and offices. The platforms are accessed by stairs and elevators.

Following the implementation of the Aldene Plan in 1967, the station served as the western terminus of the Cranford-Bayonne Shuttle. The station is the eastern-most station on the old main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey still serving as station. Like several other New Jersey Transit lines a once a week freight train can be seen in the early morning hours at Cranford station (which the plan has been currently scrapped due to NJ Transit train delay issues).

External links

• NJT rail station information page for Cranford
• DepartureVision real time train information for Cranford
• Raritan Valley Line schedule

• world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
• Photo and brief narrated history of earlier Cranford station by Cranford resident Bernie Wagenblast
• Union Avenue / Walnut Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Google Maps Street View