Netherwood is a

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railroad station on the

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, in Plainfield, Union County,

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, United States. It is located along North Avenue at the intersection of Netherwood Avenue and along South Avenue at the intersection of Belvedere Avenue. The station has a ticket vending machine, and the station house itself is located off of South Avenue.

History

Netherwood station was originally built by the

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in 1894. As with the rest of the CNJ, the station was subsidized by the

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in 1964 and absorbed into Conrail in 1976. The station is one of the two surviving CNJ stations in Plainfield (the other being Downtown Plainfield station), whereas the community previously had five; the other three being at Grant Avenue, Clinton Avenue (formerly known as Evona). The station building has been listed in the

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and

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registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource, along with the other active station downtown.

Station layout

The station has two low-level

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References

External links

Station House from Google Maps Street View
{{NRHP in Union County, New Jersey NJ Transit Rail Operations stations Plainfield, New Jersey Railway stations in Union County, New Jersey Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Queen Anne architecture in New Jersey Romanesque Revival architecture in New Jersey Railway stations in the United States opened in 1894 National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey

History

Station layout

See also

References

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