West Trenton station

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.[3]

Not to be confused with Trenton Transit Center.

West Trenton
West Trenton station from an inbound train. The bridge in front of the station goes over Grand Avenue and Sullivan Way.
Location	3 Grand & Railroad Avenues Ewing Township, New Jersey
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 (SEPTA), 1 (Trenton Subdivision)
Connections	NJT Bus Route 608 (rush hours only)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	NJ
History
Opened	1929
Closed	December 3, 1982 (NJ Transit)[1]
Electrified	1931
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Yardley toward Penn Medicine West Trenton Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station 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 Jenkintown New York Branch Pennington toward Bound Brook 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
The station house from the tracks.
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Location	Sullivan Way Ewing, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°15′26″N 74°48′55″W
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[2]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984[2]

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.[4] 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".[5] This station is where the proposed New Jersey Transit West Trenton Line would terminate.[6] 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.[7]

Station layout

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

G
	CSX track	← Trenton Subdivision freight service →
	SEPTA track	←      West Trenton Line alighting passengers only ←      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Yardley) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

See also

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

References

1. "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.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
4. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/84004031_text
5. Coryell, Lisa (2007-12-03). "Township debating renaming SEPTA line Change to Ewing Train Station being proposed". Retrieved 2008-02-11.
6. New Jersey Transit Proposed West Trenton Line map
7. 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)