West Trenton station

Not to be confused with Trenton Transit Center.

West Trenton
West Trenton station platform, the bridge in front of the station goes over Grand Avenue and Sullivan Way.
General information
Location	3 Railroad Avenue Ewing, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°15′26″N 74°48′55″W
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Neshaminy Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 608
Construction
Parking	142 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	4 rack spaces[1]
Accessible	No[2]
Other information
Fare zone	NJ[2]
History
Opened	1929 (1929)
Electrified	1931[3]
Previous names	Trenton Junction
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Yardley toward Penn Medicine West Trenton Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station Conrail Following station Yardley toward Reading Terminal Crusader and Wall Street 1976–1981 Hopewell closed 1982 toward Newark West Trenton Line 1981–1982 (SEPTA) Terminus Terminus West Trenton Line 1981–1982 (NJ Transit) Hopewell closed 1982 toward Newark Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Yardley toward Philadelphia New York Branch Ewing toward Bound Brook Terminus Trenton Branch Trenton Terminus Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Jenkintown toward Philadelphia: Chestnut St. or Reading Terminal Philadelphia – Jersey City Local Bound Brook toward Jersey City
West Trenton Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The northbound station house from the tracks. Note: This building is now used by private offices and is not part of the operating station.
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1929
Architect	Clark Dillenbeck
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Others
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84004031[4]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984[4]

West Trenton station is the northern terminus of SEPTA's West Trenton Line. It is located at Grand and Railroad Avenues in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey, 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]

See also

• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
• West Trenton Railroad Bridge

References

1. "West Trenton Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
2. "West Trenton Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
3. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "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 August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
6. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/84004031_text
7. Coryell, Lisa (December 3, 2007). "Township debating renaming SEPTA line Change to Ewing Train Station being proposed". Retrieved February 11, 2008.
8. "New Jersey Transit Proposed West Trenton Line map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
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

Media related to West Trenton (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – West Trenton station
• Mercer County, New Jersey History Website
• Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Flickr images (three pages)