January 23, 2023
The Raritan Central is pleased to partner with Unis, one of the country’s leading providers of supply chain fulfillment and transportation services, to offer comprehensive rail-to-truck cross-dock and warehousing at its 100,000 SF space in the former New York Times building at 3001 Woodbridge Ave., in Edison, New Jersey. This strategically located facility was formerly used for paper-grade shipments and features an indoor rail dock for boxcars with six car spots, interior and exterior truck docks, easy access to I-95, and is only a short distance from New York City and the Port of New York and New Jersey. Customers will have the ability to utilize up to 100,000 SF of the 393,000 SF building for their needs. Unis currently operates a full-service cross dock and warehouse within the building, and their highly trained staff will provide all rail car/truck unloading and loading. The facility is capable of high-volume railcar throughput of 18 to 24 cars per day. Raritan Central will provide multiple daily switches, up to 6 days per week. Our connection to Conrail Shared Assets (CSX and Norfolk Southern) give shippers access to two Class 1 railroads and coast-to-coast reach. Contact the Raritan Central Railway today to find our more about the 100,000 SF cross dock and its capabilities:
Phone: 617-388-3446 • E-mail: eyal@railenterprisegroup.com
October 25, 2022
On Monday, October 24, 2022, representatives of Federal Business Centers New Jersey and the Raritan Central Railroad gathered to cut the ribbon officially opening the new Sweetwater Lane transload tracks for use. A crew from the Raritan Central then backed the first loads onto the new tracks.
October 19, 2022
Plastic Express’ new 125,000 S/F packaging facility at 195 Raritan Center Parkway in Raritan Center opened for business on October 19, 2022. A old siding into the facility was completely rehabilitated for use and now features multiple car spots for transloading plastics right to waiting packaging lines. A ribbon cutting with was held on October 19, 2022, as a Raritan Central crew backed the first carloads into the new facility.
October 4, 2022
A three million dollar project to expand bulk products transloading capacity in Raritan Center was completed in October, 2022. The project involved widening and modernizing the roadway, installing a crossing, and adding two more tracks with 40 car spots. Railroad Construction of Patterson, NJ, was contracted to upgrade and expand the rail infrastructure. Sweetwater Lane now has active transloading tracks on both sides of the road, as well a parallel storage-in-transit tracks that double the transload’s capacity.
April 2, 2022
The Raritan Central is now delivering car loads to the expansive new AriZona Beverages bottling plant, warehouse, and distribution center in the Raritan Center Business Park. Completely new rail infrastructure was constructed within the plant to meet the needs of Arizona and better serve the two buildings making up the facility.