Bordentown station
Bordentown | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 100 West Park Street Bordentown, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°8′54″N 74°42′58″W / 40.14833°N 74.71611°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bordentown Branch | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 409 (stops on U.S. 130) | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 183 spaces, 6 accessible spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 15, 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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Bordentown station is a station on NJ Transit's River Line light rail system, located on West Park Street in Bordentown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
History
[edit]The Pennsylvania Railroad's Bordentown station lay approximately 500 feet (150 m) south of the current platform, in the southwest corner of the wye where the Amboy and Bordentown Branches met.[1] Service north of Bordentown on the Amboy Branch ended at the end of 1938.[2] Service between Trenton and Camden ended on June 28, 1963.[3]
The station opened on March 15, 2004.[4] Southbound service from the station is available to Camden, New Jersey. Northbound service is available to the Trenton Transit Center with connections to NJ Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Amtrak trains. Transfer to the PATCO Speedline is available at the Walter Rand Transportation Center. Transfer to the Atlantic City Line is available at the Pennsauken Transit Center. The station is located on the edge of the Bordentown City Beach and Public Boat Ramp and the Yapewi Aquatic Club.
References
[edit]- ^ Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey : including Fieldsboro (Sheet 10) (Map). 1:600. Sanborn Map Company. 1915.
- ^ "Camden and Amboy Railroad Nearing End of Long Trail". The Central New Jersey Home News. November 13, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved December 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "120-Year Camden-Trenton Line Ends". Courier-Post. June 29, 1963. p. 13. Retrieved December 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mulvihill, Geoff (March 15, 2004). "Smooth Sailing for Light Rail on First Day of Operation". The Courier-News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. Associated Press. p. A3. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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