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West Trenton station is the northern terminus of the
Originally built in 1929 by the
SEPTA - West Trenton Station
Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewFlickr images (three pages)
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SEPTA
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West Trenton Line
The West Trenton Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service connecting Center City Philadelphia to the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey. With around 12,000 riders every weekday, it is the third busiest line in the SEPTA Regional R ...
. It is located at Grand & Railroad Avenues in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey
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, United States, 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.
History
Originally built in 1929 by the Reading Railroad
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Commonly call ...
, it was acquired by Conrail and SEPTA in 1976 and used for diesel service to Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.National Register of Historic Places
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since June 22, 1984. NRHP lists the northbound station house as the official address, which now consists of privately owned offices. There is an ongoing debate concerning a proposal to rename the station as "Ewing". This station is where the proposed New Jersey Transit
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West Trenton Line
The West Trenton Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service connecting Center City Philadelphia to the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey. With around 12,000 riders every weekday, it is the third busiest line in the SEPTA Regional R ...
would terminate. As of August 25, 2015 as a result of the SEPTA and CSX separation between Woodbourne and West Trenton stations, the outbound platform was removed for the now CSX track to run around the SEPTA West Trenton yard and continue to Manville while all SEPTA traffic was diverted onto the Inbound track. Currently all SEPTA Service between Yardley and West Trenton operates on the Inbound track only.
The station was built in the Georgian Revival style as adapted for a medium-sized suburban station. It has a central two-story
block constructed of brick and a hipped slate roof. The gable projects slightly on the east and west facades. Two one-story wings with slate roofs extend from the central block.
Station layout
West Trenton consists of a single low-levelside platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
.
See also
*Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
The Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource is a list of 53 New Jersey Transit stations in New Jersey entered into the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for their architectural, ...
*West Trenton Railroad Bridge
The West Trenton Railroad Bridge is a concrete arch bridge carrying CSX's Trenton Subdivision and SEPTA's West Trenton Line across the Delaware River between Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the West Trenton section o ...
References
External links
SEPTA - West Trenton Station
Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{NRHP in Mercer County, New Jersey Railway stations in Mercer County, New Jersey Ewing Township, New Jersey SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Reading Company stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1929 Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey 1929 establishments in New Jersey