Pennsauken Transit Center

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Pennsauken Transit Center
Pennsauken Transit Center from River Line platform, May 2015.jpg
Pennsauken Transit Center viewed from the River Line platform with the Atlantic City Line on the upper level
General information
LocationDerousse Avenue at Zimmerman Avenue
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°58′41″N75°03′44″W / 39.9781°N 75.0623°W / 39.9781; -75.0623
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms (Atlantic City Line)
1 side platform (River Line)
Tracks2 (Atlantic City Line)
1 (River Line)
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NJ Transit Bus: 404, 417, 419
Construction
Platform levels2
Parking261 spaces, 7 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: PNK
History
OpenedOctober 14, 2013 (2013-10-14) [1]
Passengers
2015570 daily (projected) [2]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Philadelphia
Terminus
Atlantic City Line Cherry Hill
36th Street River Line Pennsauken–Route 73
toward Trenton

Pennsauken Transit Center is a New Jersey Transit train station in Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It serves as an intermodal transfer station between the light rail River Line and the commuter rail Atlantic City Line, as well as serving the Delair neighborhood for Pennsauken and the nearby industrial park. The station cost $39.747 million, of which $39.104 million was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. [3] After two years of construction, the Pennsauken Transit Center opened on October 14, 2013. [1] [3]

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Atlantic City Line platforms at Pennsauken Transit Center Atlantic City Line platforms at Pennsauken Transit Center, August 2014.jpg
Atlantic City Line platforms at Pennsauken Transit Center

The Atlantic City Line crosses above the River Line on a high embankment at the station connection. The two levels are connected by a 38-foot (12 m)-tall three-story building, which features a glass façade designed by local artist J. Kenneth Leap as a tribute to women in Pennsauken's history. [1] [2] There are two 300-foot (91 m) high-level platforms with 100-foot (30 m) canopies serving the Atlantic City Line's two tracks, and one 200-foot (61 m) low platform with a 60-foot (18 m) canopy serving the River Line's single track. [3] The station has 275 free parking spaces available to commuters. Like most NJT stations, tickets are purchased at automatic ticket machines.

As well as the station itself, the project included several new crossovers and signal installations to increase operating flexibility. [2]

Station layout

2F
Upper platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Westbound      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Terminus)
Eastbound      Atlantic City Line toward Atlantic City (Cherry Hill)
Side platform, doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
1F
Lower platform
All trains      River Line toward Trenton (Pennsauken-Route 73)
      River Line toward Entertainment Center (36th Street)
Side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
Street levelStation house, buses, park and ride

History

The stations under construction in January 2013 Pennsauken Transit Center, January 2013.jpg
The stations under construction in January 2013

When the River Line opened in 2004, it did not include a stop in the Delair neighborhood nor a connection with the Atlantic City Line. Local opinion favored an infill station be built; planning began in earnest in 2007. [1]

New Jersey Transit filed an environmental assessment for the project in August 2009, and received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in October 2009. [2] [4] A ground breaking ceremony was held for the station on October 19, 2009. [5] Construction of the River Line platform began soon after. The $13.8 million second phase of construction – the Atlantic City Line platforms, parking lot, and drainage improvements – was approved by the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors on July 13, 2011. [6]

Construction was nearly complete by the second quarter of 2013, with only minor work remaining. [7] In late September, New Jersey Transit announced that the station would open in mid-October. [8] Both levels of the station opened to passenger service on October 14, 2013. [1]

In June 2014, NJT introduced a through-fare ticket which allows for travel on the Northeast Corridor Line, the RiverLine, and the Atlantic City Line, which encourages connections between the lines via Pennsauken. [9]

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References

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