Atlantic City Rail Terminal

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Atlantic City
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New Jersey Transit train waits on Track 3 of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal
General information
Location1 Atlantic City Expressway
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°21′49″N74°26′31″W / 39.3635°N 74.442°W / 39.3635; -74.442 (Atlantic City Rail Terminal)
Owned by NJ Transit
Platforms2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks5
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Atlantic City Jitney Association: 4 (Orange), 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: ACY
IATA code ZRA
History
OpenedMay 23, 1989 (Amtrak) [1]
September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit) [2]
Passengers
2012944 (average weekday) [3]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Absecon
toward Philadelphia
Atlantic City Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Terminus ACES
2009–2011
Newark Penn Station
toward New York
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Cherry Hill Atlantic City Express Terminus
The waiting area of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal Atlantic City Rail Terminal Waiting Area.jpg
The waiting area of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal

The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is Atlantic City, New Jersey's train station, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center. [4] It has five tracks served by three platforms and functions as the easternmost terminus of the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line to and from Philadelphia. The station was also served by the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) from 2009 until it was formally discontinued on March 9, 2012. [5]

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The terminal was designed by TAT/SSVK, Architects and dedicated on May 22, 1989. [6] Atlantic City was once served by the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City station (née Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal and was demolished in 1997. [7] Between 1965 and 1981 a single-story, two-track station on the present site served PRSL trains until service ended in 1981.

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