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Plainsboro is a defunct commuter railroad station in the Plainsboro Center neighborhood of Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Located south of the Plainsboro Road grade (later bridge) crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station served local trains between Pennsylvania Station in New York City and Trenton. Trains at Plainsboro also served a service between Red Bank and Trenton. The next station to the east was Monmouth Junction while the next westbound station was Princeton Junction. Plainsboro station contained two side platforms.

One of two former stations in the township, Plainsboro station opened c. 1874. A second station existed at Schalks Crossing Road (County Route 683). This station, known as Schalks, closed c. 1914. The railroad built a new brick station depot c. 1919. Plainsboro station closed on May 29, 1962 with the departure of the final Red Bank–Trenton train.

Station layout and services
At its peak, Plainsboro station had numerous facilities. The station contained a passenger depot in each direction, both built of brick. The westbound station was a 54x19 ft structure while the eastbound was a 43x11 ft building. The former eastbound passenger station, converted into a freight house, was a wooden 35x15 ft building. Plainsboro station contained two more freight houses, a 14x24 ft one westbound and a second one eastbound 10x20 ft in design. The station contained an oil house, bunk house, cattle pens, along with a stable and a shed for horses. There were also two 100000 gal steel water tanks, a 16 ft sump pump, an 81x45 ft boiler house. There also was a coal pocket at Plainsboro station.