West Trenton station

West Trenton
West Trenton station platform, the bridge in front of the station goes over Grand Avenue and Sullivan Way.
General information
Location3 Railroad Avenue
Ewing, New Jersey
Coordinates40°15′26″N 74°48′55″W / 40.25722°N 74.81528°W / 40.25722; -74.81528
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)Neshaminy Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 608
Construction
Parking142 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities4 rack spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[2]
Other information
Fare zoneNJ[2]
History
Opened1929 (1929)
Electrified1931[3]
Previous namesTrenton Junction
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Yardley West Trenton Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Conrail Following station
Yardley Crusader and Wall Street
1976–1981
Hopewell
closed 1982
toward Newark
West Trenton Line
1981–1982
(SEPTA)
Terminus
Terminus West Trenton Line
1981–1982
(NJ Transit)
Hopewell
closed 1982
toward Newark
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Yardley New York Branch Ewing
Terminus Trenton Branch Trenton
Terminus
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Jenkintown
toward Philadelphia: Chestnut St. or Reading Terminal
Philadelphia – Jersey City
Local
Bound Brook
West Trenton Station
The northbound station house from the tracks. Note: This building is now used by private offices and is not part of the operating station.
Map
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1929
ArchitectClark Dillenbeck
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Others
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84004031[4]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984[4]

West Trenton station is the northern terminus of SEPTA's West Trenton Line. It is located at Grand and Railroad Avenues in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey, however this address only applies to the southbound station house on the west side of the tracks. The northbound station house is on the east side of the tracks and is located on Sullivan Way, which changes into Grand Avenue once it crosses under the tracks. SEPTA's official website gives the address as being in Trenton. The station has off-street parking, and is located in Fare Zone NJ. In FY 2013, West Trenton station had a weekday average of 292 boardings and 361 alightings.[5]

  1. ^ a b "West Trenton Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "West Trenton Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)

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