Trenton Transit Center: Difference between revisions
== Station description ==
== Station description ==
[[File:Amtrak ACS-64 662 SB at Trenton Transit Center.jpeg|thumb|left|A southbound Amtrak ”Northeast Regional” train stops at the Trenton Transit Center]]
[[File:Amtrak ACS-64 662 SB at Trenton Transit Center.jpeg|thumb|left|A southbound Amtrak ”Northeast Regional” train at the Trenton Transit Center]]
[[File:NJ Transit ALP-45DP 4513 NB at Trenton Transit Center.jpeg|thumb|right|NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line train at Trenton Transit Center]]
Trenton Transit Center consists of a station building, four boarding locations, and a separate station for the River Line. The River Line terminal is across Clinton Avenue from the station building at street level, one story above the Northeast Corridor tracks. The River Line station consists of two low-level [[side platforms]] and two tracks that end in bumper blocks. These two tracks cross over the Northeast Corridor and then bend southwards towards the river, where they head towards Camden.
Trenton Transit Center consists of a station building, four boarding locations, and a separate station for the River Line. The River Line terminal is across Clinton Avenue from the station building at street level, one story above the Northeast Corridor tracks. The River Line station consists of two low-level [[side platforms]] and two tracks that end in bumper blocks. These two tracks cross over the Northeast Corridor and then bend southwards towards the river, where they head towards Camden.
Being the terminus for NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line service and the last stop for Amtrak and SEPTA in New Jersey, Trenton is central Jersey’s largest station facility, with the ability to load five trains across seven operational tracks at any given time. NJ Transit trains that terminate in Trenton discharge passengers and continue on a two-mile haul to the [[Morrisville Yard]] in Pennsylvania. SEPTA trains either remain idle at the station platform or park on a special siding on the northern side of the station reserved for these trainsets. There are two express tracks – one in each direction – that can be used for trains running express from Philadelphia’s [[30th Street Station]] to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Penn Station]] in Newark. The line narrows to four tracks for the majority of its length east and west of the station. To the west, all trains traverse the [[Delaware River]] via the [[Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge]], entering Pennsylvania, at which point two tracks separate from the main line towards NJT’s Morrisville Yard.{{Cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Trenton+Transit+Center&hl=en&ll=40.218742,-74.753773&spn=0.000522,0.001206&sll=40.07304,-74.724323&sspn=4.472416,9.876709&t=h&z=20 |title=Aerial map of Trenton Transit Center}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.stationreporter.net/necl.htm |title=Track Layout from StationReporter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229010111/http://www.stationreporter.net/necl.htm |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}
Being the terminus for NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line service and the last stop for Amtrak and SEPTA in New Jersey, Trenton is central Jersey’s largest station facility, with the ability to load five trains across seven operational tracks at any given time. NJ Transit trains that terminate in Trenton discharge passengers and continue on a two-mile haul to the [[Morrisville Yard]] in Pennsylvania. SEPTA trains either remain idle at the station platform or park on a special siding on the northern side of the station reserved for these trainsets. There are two express tracks – one in each direction – that can be used for trains running express from Philadelphia’s [[30th Street Station]] to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Penn Station]] in Newark. The line narrows to four tracks for the majority of its length east and west of the station. To the west, all trains traverse the [[Delaware River]] via the [[Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge]], entering Pennsylvania, at which point two tracks separate from the main line towards NJT’s Morrisville Yard.{{Cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Trenton+Transit+Center&hl=en&ll=40.218742,-74.753773&spn=0.000522,0.001206&sll=40.07304,-74.724323&sspn=4.472416,9.876709&t=h&z=20 |title=Aerial map of Trenton Transit Center}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.stationreporter.net/necl.htm |title=Track Layout from StationReporter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229010111/http://www.stationreporter.net/necl.htm |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}
[[File:NJ Transit ALP-45DP 4513 NB at Trenton Transit Center.jpeg|thumb|right|NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line train at Trenton Transit Center]]Being a major station along the Northeast Corridor, Trenton…
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