Pennsauken Transit Center

Pennsauken Transit Center
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
Coordinates39°58′41″N 75°03′44″W / 39.9781°N 75.0623°W / 39.9781; -75.0623
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms (Atlantic City Line)
1 side platform (River Line)
Tracks2 (Atlantic City Line)
1 (River Line)
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 404, 417, 419
Construction
Platform levels2
Parking261 spaces, 7 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: PNK
History
OpenedOctober 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)[1]
Passengers
2015570 daily (projected)[2]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Philadelphia
Terminus
 Atlantic City Line Cherry Hill
toward Atlantic City
36th Street
toward Entertainment Center
 River Line Pennsauken–Route 73
toward Trenton
Location
Map

Pennsauken Transit Center (signed as Pennsauken on the Atlantic City Line platforms) 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 River Line light rail and the Atlantic City Line commuter rail, 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]

Configuration

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]

History

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 River Line, and the Atlantic City Line, which encourages connections between the lines via Pennsauken.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pennsauken Junction Transit Center and Park and Ride" (PDF). United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration and New Jersey Transit. August 21, 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Pennsauken Transit Center Construction (River/AC Line Transfer Station)". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Carr, Anthony G. (October 5, 2009). "Finding of No Significant Impact" (PDF). United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Groundbreaking on Pennsauken Transit Center today; will link Atlantic City Rail and River lines". The Press of Atlantic City. October 19, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "NJT advances Pennsauken Transit Center project". Railway Age. July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  6. ^ Nussbaum, Paul (April 13, 2013). "Pennsauken train station nears completion". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  7. ^ "Station linking River Line, A.C. line to open in October". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Wittkowski, Donald (June 2, 2014). "NJ Transit riders gain one-stop shopping for tickets between Atlantic City and New York". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pennsauken Transit Center.