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Princeton Junction (Amtrak station)

Princeton Junction
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Princeton Junction Station
Location 2 Wallace Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
United States
Coordinates 40°19′00″N 74°37′24″W / 40.3167°N 74.6233°W / 40.3167; -74.6233Coordinates: 40°19′00″N 74°37′24″W / 40.3167°N 74.6233°W / 40.3167; -74.6233
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s) Northeast Corridor
Platforms 3 side platforms
(Princeton Branch and southbound NEC platforms connected at their north ends)
Tracks 5
Connections NJT Bus NJT Bus: 600, 612
Bus transport MCAT shuttle: M6
Construction
Parking 4,161 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code PJC
Fare zone 19 (NJT)
History
Opened 1864
Electrified 1932
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2015) 6,968 (average weekday boardings) (NJT)
Passengers (FY 2016) 42,226 (annual boardings & alightings) (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Northeast Regional
toward Savannah
Palmetto
NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Rail
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line
Terminus
Princeton Branch Terminus
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Princeton
Princeton Branch Terminus
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian

Princeton Junction is a railroad station in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, located in West Windsor Township. It serves NJ Transit (NJT) and Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor (NEC), and NJ Transit on the Princeton Branch. On Amtrak and NJ Transit tickets, the station's abbreviation is PJC.

As of 2015, Princeton Junction was the 6th-busiest station in the NJ Transit rail system, with an average of 6,968 weekday boardings. In addition to the Northeast Corridor Line, NJT operates a 2.7-mile (4.3-km) spur line, the Princeton Branch, to Princeton Station located at the Princeton University campus in Princeton. The shuttle is colloquially known as the "Dinky", and has also been known as the "PJ&B" (for "Princeton Junction and Back"). Two train cars, or sometimes just one, are used. A single switch connects the branch to the Northeast Corridor tracks north of the station.

Amtrak provides two early-morning trains to Washington, D.C., and two evening returns, as well as one morning train to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and one evening return, all of which call at Philadelphia. Many more Amtrak trains stop at the nearby Trenton Transit Center. Until 2007, all Amtrak Pennsylvanian trains stopped at Princeton Junction. The southbound Amtrak Palmetto began stopping in Princeton Junction in October 2015.


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