Walter Rand Transportation Center

The Walter Rand Transportation Center is a transportation hub located at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Broadway in Camden, New Jersey. It is served by the River Line, the Broadway station of the PATCO Speedline, New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound intercity buses.

Walter Rand Transportation Center
River Line station
Location527 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Camden, New Jersey
Coordinates39°56′35″N 75°7′11″W
Owned byNJ Transit (State of New Jersey)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections NJT Buses
SJTA Buses
Greyhound
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMarch 15, 2004 (2004-03-15)[1]
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Cooper Street–Rutgers University
toward Entertainment Center
 River Line 36th Street
toward Trenton
Location
Walter Rand Transportation Center
Location within Philadelphia

History
Broadway station of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in September 1965, months before service ended entirely. After Camden Terminal closed in 1953, Broadway was the terminus of the PRSL, with passengers forced to transfer to the Bridge Line to reach Philadelphia

The transit center opened on May 17, 1989 as Camden Transportation Center and was renamed in 1994 for Walter Rand, a former New Jersey State Senator, who specialized in transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. It was built above the existing PATCO Broadway Station, which opened as one of the four original stations on the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Bridge Line on June 7, 1936,[2] and had a connection to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The station was later acquired by PATCO.

River Line

Southbound service from the station via the River Line travels to the Camden Waterfront. Northbound service is available to the Trenton Transit Center with connections to New Jersey Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains.

The station is the planned northern terminus of the Glassboro–Camden Line, an 18-mile (28.97 km) diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail system projected for completion in 2019.[3]

PATCO
Broadway
PATCO rapid transit station
Broadway PATCO station platform
Owned byDelaware River Port Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
OpenedJune 7, 1936
Electrified750 volts DC
Services
Preceding station Delaware River Port Authority Following station
City Hall
toward 15–16th & Locust
 PATCO Speedline Ferry Avenue
toward Lindenwold

Westbound service via PATCO is available to Philadelphia and eastbound service is available to Lindenwold with connecting service via NJ Transit trains to Atlantic City.

Station layout
G Street level Station house, buses
Side platform
Southbound ←      River Line toward Entertainment Center (Cooper Street – Rutgers University)
Northbound →      River Line toward Trenton (36th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine PATCO fare control
P
Platform level		 Westbound ←      PATCO Speedline toward 15–16th & Locust (City Hall)
Island platform
Eastbound →      PATCO Speedline toward Lindenwold (Ferry Avenue) →

Bus connections
Route 407

NJT Buses:

  • 313, 315, 316 (seasonal), 317, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 418, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457 and 551

Greyhound Lines:[4]

SJTA:

References
  1. 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.
  2. "The PATCO Hi-Speedline". The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  3. "Fact Sheet 2013" (PDF). Glassboro-Camden Line. DVPA & PATCO. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  4. Greyhound Camden terminal information
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