West Trenton station

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West Trenton
SEPTA.svg
TRENT-Station.jpg
West Trenton station from an inbound train. The bridge in front of the station goes over Grand Avenue and Sullivan Way.
Location3 Grand & Railroad Avenues
Ewing Township, New Jersey
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1 (SEPTA), 1 (Trenton Subdivision)
ConnectionsLocal Transit NJT Bus Route 608
Construction
Parking142[1]
Bicycle facilities4 spots on 1 rack[1]
Disabled accessNo
Other information
Fare zoneNJ
History
Opened1929
ClosedDecember 3, 1982 (NJ Transit)[2]
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931[3]
Previous namesTrenton Junction
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Yardley
toward Penn Medicine
 West Trenton Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Yardley
toward Reading Terminal
 West Trenton Line Hopewell
(closed 1982)
toward Newark Penn Station
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Yardley
toward Philadelphia
 New York Branch
toward Bound Brook
Terminus Trenton Branch Trenton
Terminus
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Jenkintown
toward Philadelphia
 Philadelphia – Jersey City
Local
 Bound Brook
toward Jersey City
West Trenton Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
West Trenton NJ railway station.jpg
The station house from the tracks.
West Trenton station is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
West Trenton station
LocationSullivan Way
Ewing, New Jersey
Coordinates40°15′26″N 74°48′55″W / 40.25722°N 74.81528°W��� / 40.25722; -74.81528Coordinates: 40°15′26″N 74°48′55″W / 40.25722°N 74.81528°W / 40.25722; -74.81528
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 the SEPTA West Trenton Line. It is located at Grand & Railroad Avenues in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey, 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.[5]

History[]

Main entrance to the West Trenton station

Originally built in 1929 by the Reading Railroad, it was acquired by Conrail and SEPTA in 1976 and used for diesel service to Newark, New Jersey until 1981.[6] New Jersey Transit took over passenger service between here and Newark until November 1982, thus transforming the station into a terminus. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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".[7] This station is where the proposed New Jersey Transit West Trenton Line would terminate.[8] 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.[9]

Station layout[]

West Trenton consists of a single low-level side platform.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "SEPTA | West Trenton Station". www.septa.org. SEPTA. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Agency Cuts 200 Jobs, Rail Line and Bus Routes". The Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 12, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  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 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  6. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/84004031_text
  7. ^ Coryell, Lisa (2007-12-03). "Township debating renaming SEPTA line Change to Ewing Train Station being proposed". Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  8. ^ New Jersey Transit Proposed West Trenton Line map
  9. ^ Meyer, Richard (August 1981). "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey - West Trenton Station". National Register of Historic Places focus. National Park Service. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

External links[]

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