Pennsauken Transit Center

Pennsauken Transit Center
Pennsauken Transit Center viewed from the River Line platform
Location	Derousse Avenue at Zimmerman Avenue Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°58′41″N 75°03′44″W / 39.9781°N 75.0623°W / 39.9781; -75.0623Coordinates: 39°58′41″N 75°03′44″W / 39.9781°N 75.0623°W / 39.9781; -75.0623
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Atlantic City Line   River Line
Platforms	Atlantic City Line: 2 side platforms River Line: 1 side platform
Tracks	Atlantic City Line: 2 River Line: 1
Connections	NJT Bus: 404, 417, 419
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	275 spaces plus 8 ADA spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PNK (Amtrak)
History
Opened	14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)
Traffic
Passengers (2015 - projected)	570 daily
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Philadelphia Terminus Atlantic City Line Cherry Hill toward Atlantic City 36th Street toward Entertainment Center River Line Pennsauken–Route 73 toward Trenton

Pennsauken Transit Center is a New Jersey Transit train station in Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It serves as an intermodal transfer station between the light rail River Line and the commuter rail Atlantic City Line, as well as serving the Delair neighborhood for Pennsuaken and the nearby industrial park. The station cost $39.747 million, of which $39.104 million was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. After two years of construction, the Pennsauken Transit Center opened on October 14, 2013.

The Atlantic City Line crosses above the River Line on a high embankment at the station connection. The two levels are connected by a 38-foot-tall three-story building, which features a glass façade designed by local artist J. Kenneth Leap as a tribute to women in Pennsauken's history. There are two 300-foot (91 m) high-level platforms with 100-foot canopies serving the Atlantic City Line's two tracks, and one 200-foot (61 m)-foot low platform with a 60-foot canopy serving the River Line's single track. The station has 275 free parking spaces available to commuters. Like most NJT stations, tickets are purchased at automatic kiosks.

As well as the station itself, the project included several new crossovers and signal installations to increase operating flexibility.

When the River Line opened in 2004, it did not include a stop in the Delair neighborhood nor a connection with the Atlantic City Line. Local opinion favored an infill station be built; planning began in earnest in 2007.

New Jersey Transit filed an environmental assessment for the project in August 2009, and received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in October 2009. A ground breaking ceremony was held for the station on October 19, 2009. Construction of the River Line platform began soon after. The $13.8M second phase of construction - the Atlantic City Line platforms, parking lot, and drainage improvements - was approved by the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors on July 13, 2011.