West Trenton (SEPTA station)

West Trenton
SEPTA regional rail
West Trenton station from an inbound train. The bridge in front of the station goes over Grand Avenue and Sullivan Way.
Location	3 Grand & Railroad Avenues Ewing Township, New Jersey
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus Route 608 (rush hours only)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	NJ
History
Opened	1929
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Yardley toward University City West Trenton Line Terminus   Former services   Yardley toward Reading Terminal West Trenton/Newark R3 West Trenton/Newark Reading Railroad Pennington closed 1982 toward Newark Penn Station
West Trenton Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station house from the tracks.
Location	Sullivan Way Ewing, New Jersey
Coordinates
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1929
Architect	Clark Dillenbeck
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Others
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84004031
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984

West Trenton is the northern terminus of the SEPTA West Trenton Line. It is located at Grand & Railroad Avenues in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, however this address only applies to the southbound station house on the west side of the tracks. The northbound station house is on the east side of the tracks and is located on Sullivan Way, which changes into Grand Avenue once it crosses under the tracks. SEPTA's official website gives the address as being in Trenton. The station has off-street parking, and is located in Fare Zone NJ. In FY 2013, West Trenton station had a weekday average of 292 boardings and 361 alightings.

History

Main entrance to the West Trenton station

Originally built in 1929 by the Reading Railroad, it was acquired by Conrail and SEPTA in 1976 and used for diesel service to Newark, New Jersey until 1981. New Jersey Transit took over passenger service between here and Newark until November 1982, thus transforming the station into a terminus. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 22, 1984. NRHP lists the northbound station house as the official address, which now consists of privately owned offices. There is an ongoing debate concerning a proposal to rename the station as "Ewing". This station is where the proposed New Jersey Transit West Trenton Line would terminate. As of August 25, 2015 as a result of the SEPTA and CSX separation between Woodbourne and West Trenton stations, the outbound platform was removed for the now CSX track to run around the SEPTA West Trenton yard and continue to Manville while all SEPTA traffic was diverted onto the Inbound track. Currently all SEPTA Service between Yardley and West Trenton operates on the Inbound track only.

The station was built in the Georgian Revival style as adapted for a medium-sized suburban station. It has a central two-story block constructed of brick and a hipped slate roof. The gable projects slightly on the east and west facades. Two one-story wings with slate roofs extend from the central block.

See also

• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
• West Trenton Railroad Bridge

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA - West Trenton Station
• Mercer County, New Jersey History Website
• Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Flickr images (three pages)