White House station is an active commuter railroad station in the Whitehouse Station section of Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Located at the grade crossing of Main Street (County Route 523), the station services trains of NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line during peak hours on weekdays only. Trains at White House station go from High Bridge station to Newark Penn Station. All other service terminates at Raritan station in Somerset County. The station consists of a single low-level side platform alongside of a single track. The former Central Railroad of New Jersey depot serves as the Readington Township Library.
Railroad service at White House began on September 25, 1848 with the opening of the Somerville and Easton Railroad from Somerville station to White House, a 10-mile (16 km) extension. The early station depot at White House burned on the evening of December 9, 1891. That was replaced with the current structure in 1892, built in the Richardson Romanesque architectural style by Bradford Gilbert. The station depot at White House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1984 as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.
Station layout
The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 201 feet (61 m) long and accommodates two cars.