642:, where the West Trenton Line diverges from the Lehigh Line, for a distance of 2.8 miles. A second track would also be installed between Pennington – Hopewell Road Bridge and the Belle Mead station for a distance of 10 miles. Track would also be restored on the Reading Connector, an abandoned railroad right-of-way that ran between Port Reading Junction and the Raritan Valley Line. According to a 2007 plan, there would be 14 daily trains, five peak trains in each direction, one morning outbound train to West Trenton, one evening inbound train to Newark, and one midday train in each direction. Travel time would be 80 minutes from West Trenton to Newark. There would be an estimated 2,660 daily trips on the restored line. 13.1 acres of land would be acquired for a West Trenton rail yard.
624:
1226:
520:
356:
236:
229:
378:
334:
312:
290:
268:
175:
207:
614:
in the prior year. The trip served 290 daily passengers and cost $ 319,000 annually to operate. The three stops discontinued were Belle Mead, Hopewell and West
Trenton. New Jersey Transit retained operating rights over the line.
510:
at West
Trenton. As of 2007, NJT's estimate of the cost of creating a passenger line to West Trenton was $ 219 million. The project is still on the books, but no funding for the proposal has been secured to this date.
706:
1546:
1010:
710:
774:
638:
Additional track would be added to the existing right-of-way as part of the plan. A second track would be installed between the
Sunnymeade Road grade crossing and
443:
631:
Presently, the route is owned by CSX Transportation; all station platforms have been removed except at West
Trenton, which is currently used by the
1425:
1035:
804:
1679:
1633:
436:
1653:
732:
342:
1103:
1052:
864:
1359:
976:
476:
107:
610:. This service ended on December 3, 1982, consequent to significant reductions in federal funding for mass transit enacted by the
1470:
429:
1577:
1618:
1541:
1674:
1648:
847:
276:
1628:
1351:
215:
599:
645:
Communities along the rail line, such as
Hopewell Township, have supported the planned restoration of the line.
1603:
573:
602:. Through service from Philadelphia to Newark ended on July 30, 1981; SEPTA continued service on its electric
1608:
1582:
1096:
488:
191:
65:
623:
480:
156:
1389:
666:
611:
558:
948:"Proposed Restoration of Passenger Rail Service on the West Trenton Line Appendix K: Public Involvement"
749:
1112:
484:
586:
The
Philadelphia-Newark service, like many former Reading and CNJ lines, was eventually subsidized by
1613:
816:
687:
660:
632:
603:
507:
500:
1089:
19:
This article is about the proposed New Jersey
Transit line. For the SEPTA Regional Rail line, see
1267:
1256:
1170:
1500:
1316:
1164:
1142:
918:
1341:
1225:
1153:
639:
1505:
1331:
1326:
947:
655:
635:, a SEPTA commuter service to Philadelphia which also operates on the Trenton Subdivision.
607:
595:
364:
70:
1063:
8:
1495:
1480:
1369:
1311:
1289:
1203:
550:
519:
496:
394:
252:
245:
184:
775:"Will commuter trains ever roll on the West Trenton Line? Ask @CommutingLarry finds out"
1445:
1245:
1131:
677:
591:
563:
492:
473:
298:
117:
52:
1643:
1475:
1364:
1336:
1321:
1306:
1029:
984:
872:
843:
726:
387:
20:
1053:"Proposed Restoration of Passenger Service on the West Trenton Line - Alignment Map"
606:, with a connection to a once-daily, weekday-only West Trenton-Newark shuttle using
1638:
1556:
1515:
1510:
1278:
1214:
1190:
672:
579:
568:
542:
533:
320:
1520:
1455:
1394:
1379:
1180:
899:
528:
1561:
1485:
1460:
1415:
1668:
1623:
1490:
1435:
1374:
1081:
988:
876:
627:
Hopewell station, served until 1981, would be served again under the proposal
97:
1420:
1410:
546:
1551:
1465:
1440:
554:
815:(3). Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers. Archived from
469:
523:
The
Reading Company's Belle Mead station, which saw service until 1982
1525:
1450:
1430:
1384:
472:(NJT) commuter rail service that would be operated mostly on the
587:
504:
541:
trains, which originally operated as through service from
686:
Trains would continue along the
Raritan Valley Line from
1062:. New Jersey: State of New Jersey. 2007. Archived from
598:
in preparation for the opening of the electric-only
977:"THE REGION; Rail Service to End On a Trenton Line"
865:"Deep Cuts in Aid to Cities Seen Under Reagan Plan"
898:
1666:
151:
594:. In the early 1980s, SEPTA began cutting back
1111:
1011:"Hopewell Township supports rail line revival"
1097:
437:
1034:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
583:to St. Louis traveled on this line as well.
919:"Passenger Rail System State of New Jersey"
1104:
1090:
444:
430:
527:Historically, this was a property of the
907:. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
862:
648:
622:
518:
798:
796:
1667:
802:
731:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
1085:
896:
863:Molotsky, Irvin (February 19, 1981).
837:
744:
742:
557:(after 1965, to Newark). Until 1958,
1680:Proposed railway lines in New Jersey
942:
940:
793:
1471:Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge
957:. New Jersey Transit. November 2007
900:"Rail service terminations opposed"
890:
495:. The route would connect with the
13:
1008:
842:. Vol. 1. Morning Sun Books.
809:The Delaware Valley Rail Passenger
805:"New Backing for "Crusader" Route"
739:
531:. This line carried the Reading's
14:
1691:
1045:
937:
561:long distance trains such as the
514:
1224:
376:
354:
332:
310:
288:
266:
234:
227:
205:
173:
1002:
969:
897:Kehoe, Tom (December 2, 1982).
600:Center City Commuter Connection
574:Capitol Limited (B&O train)
911:
856:
831:
767:
699:
355:
235:
228:
1:
1634:Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit
1609:Atlantic City Express Service
1583:Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line
1009:Writer, John Tredrea, Staff.
693:
377:
333:
311:
289:
267:
174:
16:Proposed NJ Transit rail line
7:
1604:Access to the Region's Core
803:Pawson, John (March 1993).
618:
559:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
206:
10:
1696:
1675:NJ Transit Rail Operations
1113:NJ Transit Rail Operations
925:. New Jersey Transit. 1980
485:Ewing Township, New Jersey
18:
1596:
1570:
1534:
1426:Connecting Railway Bridge
1403:
1350:
1299:
1233:
1222:
1119:
838:Plant, Jeremy F. (1998).
385:
370:
363:
348:
341:
326:
319:
304:
297:
282:
275:
260:
243:
221:
214:
199:
182:
167:
136:
128:
123:
113:
103:
93:
88:
80:
58:
48:
40:
35:
30:
1286:
1275:
1264:
1253:
1242:
1211:
1200:
1187:
1177:
1171:Morris & Essex Lines
1161:
1150:
1139:
1128:
840:Reading Company In Color
690:to Newark Penn Station.
596:its diesel-powered lines
1268:Northeast Corridor Line
1257:North Jersey Coast Line
661:SEPTA West Trenton Line
108:CSX Trenton Subdivision
1501:Raritan Bay Drawbridge
1317:Lehigh Line Connection
1165:Montclair-Boonton Line
628:
524:
1614:Glassboro–Camden Line
1352:Current rolling stock
1342:Waterfront Connection
1154:Meadowlands Rail Line
983:. November 12, 1982.
923:rrpicturearchives.net
669:/ Hopewell (Township)
649:Proposed new stations
640:Port Reading Junction
626:
612:Reagan administration
608:Budd Rail Diesel Cars
522:
1506:Raritan River Bridge
1395:Arrow multiple units
1332:Port Morris Junction
1327:Montclair Connection
1069:on December 30, 2019
819:on September 5, 2017
481:West Trenton Station
71:West Trenton station
1496:Rahway River Bridge
1481:North River Tunnels
1404:Bridges and tunnels
1312:Harold Interlocking
1290:Raritan Valley Line
1204:Pascack Valley Line
750:"West Trenton Line"
577:to Chicago and the
551:Communipaw Terminal
497:Raritan Valley Line
489:Newark Penn Station
477:Trenton Subdivision
395:30th Street Station
192:Newark Penn Station
66:Newark Penn Station
1578:Lackawanna Cut-Off
1535:Stations and yards
1446:East River Tunnels
1390:MultiLevel coaches
1246:Atlantic City Line
1132:Bergen County Line
981:The New York Times
869:The New York Times
713:on August 24, 2016
673:Hopewell (Borough)
629:
592:New Jersey Transit
525:
493:Newark, New Jersey
474:CSX Transportation
118:New Jersey Transit
53:CSX Transportation
1662:
1661:
1654:Proposed stations
1644:Train to the Game
1588:West Trenton Line
1547:Historic stations
1476:Newark Drawbridge
1337:Secaucus Junction
1322:Kearny Connection
1307:Aldene Connection
1015:CentralJersey.com
659:(Connection with
633:West Trenton Line
604:West Trenton Line
508:West Trenton Line
466:West Trenton Line
462:
461:
458:
457:
454:
453:
418:
417:
142:West Trenton Line
31:West Trenton Line
21:West Trenton Line
1687:
1639:Sawtooth Bridges
1557:Morrisville Yard
1542:List of stations
1516:Shark River Draw
1511:Roseville Tunnel
1292:
1287:
1281:
1279:Princeton Branch
1276:
1270:
1265:
1259:
1254:
1248:
1243:
1228:
1217:
1215:Port Jervis Line
1212:
1206:
1201:
1195:
1193:
1191:Gladstone Branch
1188:
1183:
1178:
1167:
1162:
1156:
1151:
1145:
1140:
1134:
1129:
1120:Hoboken Division
1106:
1099:
1092:
1083:
1082:
1078:
1076:
1074:
1068:
1057:
1040:
1039:
1033:
1025:
1023:
1021:
1006:
1000:
999:
997:
995:
973:
967:
966:
964:
962:
952:
944:
935:
934:
932:
930:
915:
909:
908:
902:
894:
888:
887:
885:
883:
860:
854:
853:
835:
829:
828:
826:
824:
800:
791:
790:
788:
786:
771:
765:
764:
762:
760:
746:
737:
736:
730:
722:
720:
718:
709:. Archived from
703:
580:National Limited
569:Washington, D.C.
543:Reading Terminal
446:
439:
432:
426:
390:
380:
379:
358:
357:
336:
335:
314:
313:
292:
291:
270:
269:
248:
238:
237:
231:
230:
209:
208:
187:
177:
176:
165:
164:
152:
138:
137:
28:
27:
1695:
1694:
1690:
1689:
1688:
1686:
1685:
1684:
1665:
1664:
1663:
1658:
1649:Former stations
1629:Northern Branch
1619:Gateway Program
1592:
1566:
1530:
1521:Upper Hack Lift
1456:Lower Hack Lift
1399:
1346:
1295:
1285:
1284:
1274:
1273:
1263:
1262:
1252:
1251:
1241:
1240:
1234:Newark Division
1229:
1220:
1210:
1209:
1199:
1198:
1186:
1185:
1181:Morristown Line
1176:
1175:
1173:
1160:
1159:
1149:
1148:
1138:
1137:
1127:
1126:
1115:
1110:
1072:
1070:
1066:
1055:
1051:
1048:
1043:
1027:
1026:
1019:
1017:
1007:
1003:
993:
991:
975:
974:
970:
960:
958:
950:
946:
945:
938:
928:
926:
917:
916:
912:
895:
891:
881:
879:
861:
857:
850:
836:
832:
822:
820:
801:
794:
784:
782:
773:
772:
768:
758:
756:
748:
747:
740:
724:
723:
716:
714:
707:"Archived copy"
705:
704:
700:
696:
651:
621:
529:Reading Company
517:
450:
424:
398:
388:
381:
359:
337:
315:
293:
271:
256:
246:
239:
232:
210:
195:
185:
178:
159:
143:
76:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1693:
1683:
1682:
1677:
1660:
1659:
1657:
1656:
1651:
1646:
1641:
1636:
1631:
1626:
1621:
1616:
1611:
1606:
1600:
1598:
1594:
1593:
1591:
1590:
1585:
1580:
1574:
1572:
1571:Proposed lines
1568:
1567:
1565:
1564:
1562:Sunnyside Yard
1559:
1554:
1549:
1544:
1538:
1536:
1532:
1531:
1529:
1528:
1523:
1518:
1513:
1508:
1503:
1498:
1493:
1488:
1486:Oceanport Draw
1483:
1478:
1473:
1468:
1463:
1461:Lyndhurst Draw
1458:
1453:
1448:
1443:
1438:
1433:
1428:
1423:
1418:
1416:Bergen Tunnels
1413:
1407:
1405:
1401:
1400:
1398:
1397:
1392:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1367:
1362:
1356:
1354:
1348:
1347:
1345:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1303:
1301:
1297:
1296:
1294:
1293:
1282:
1271:
1260:
1249:
1237:
1235:
1231:
1230:
1223:
1221:
1219:
1218:
1207:
1196:
1168:
1157:
1146:
1135:
1123:
1121:
1117:
1116:
1109:
1108:
1101:
1094:
1086:
1080:
1079:
1047:
1046:External links
1044:
1042:
1041:
1001:
968:
936:
910:
889:
855:
848:
830:
792:
781:. May 26, 2015
766:
738:
697:
695:
692:
684:
683:
680:
675:
670:
664:
650:
647:
620:
617:
516:
515:Former service
513:
468:is a proposed
460:
459:
456:
455:
452:
451:
449:
448:
441:
434:
425:This diagram:
423:
420:
419:
416:
415:
413:
411:
409:
407:
405:
403:
400:
399:
386:
384:
382:
375:
373:
371:
368:
367:
362:
360:
353:
351:
349:
346:
345:
343:I-295 Hopewell
340:
338:
331:
329:
327:
324:
323:
318:
316:
309:
307:
305:
302:
301:
296:
294:
287:
285:
283:
280:
279:
274:
272:
265:
263:
261:
258:
257:
244:
242:
240:
233:
226:
224:
222:
219:
218:
213:
211:
204:
202:
200:
197:
196:
183:
181:
179:
172:
170:
168:
161:
160:
155:
145:
144:
141:
134:
133:
130:
126:
125:
121:
120:
115:
111:
110:
105:
101:
100:
95:
91:
90:
86:
85:
82:
78:
77:
75:
74:
68:
62:
60:
56:
55:
50:
46:
45:
42:
38:
37:
33:
32:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1692:
1681:
1678:
1676:
1673:
1672:
1670:
1655:
1652:
1650:
1647:
1645:
1642:
1640:
1637:
1635:
1632:
1630:
1627:
1625:
1624:Mid-Line Loop
1622:
1620:
1617:
1615:
1612:
1610:
1607:
1605:
1602:
1601:
1599:
1595:
1589:
1586:
1584:
1581:
1579:
1576:
1575:
1573:
1569:
1563:
1560:
1558:
1555:
1553:
1550:
1548:
1545:
1543:
1540:
1539:
1537:
1533:
1527:
1524:
1522:
1519:
1517:
1514:
1512:
1509:
1507:
1504:
1502:
1499:
1497:
1494:
1492:
1491:Portal Bridge
1489:
1487:
1484:
1482:
1479:
1477:
1474:
1472:
1469:
1467:
1464:
1462:
1459:
1457:
1454:
1452:
1449:
1447:
1444:
1442:
1439:
1437:
1436:Delair Bridge
1434:
1432:
1429:
1427:
1424:
1422:
1419:
1417:
1414:
1412:
1409:
1408:
1406:
1402:
1396:
1393:
1391:
1388:
1386:
1383:
1381:
1380:Comet coaches
1378:
1376:
1373:
1371:
1368:
1366:
1363:
1361:
1358:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1349:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1298:
1291:
1283:
1280:
1272:
1269:
1261:
1258:
1250:
1247:
1239:
1238:
1236:
1232:
1227:
1216:
1208:
1205:
1197:
1192:
1182:
1172:
1169:
1166:
1158:
1155:
1147:
1144:
1136:
1133:
1125:
1124:
1122:
1118:
1114:
1107:
1102:
1100:
1095:
1093:
1088:
1087:
1084:
1073:September 10,
1065:
1061:
1054:
1050:
1049:
1037:
1031:
1016:
1012:
1005:
990:
986:
982:
978:
972:
956:
955:njtransit.com
949:
943:
941:
924:
920:
914:
906:
901:
893:
878:
874:
870:
866:
859:
851:
849:9781878887955
845:
841:
834:
818:
814:
810:
806:
799:
797:
780:
776:
770:
755:
751:
745:
743:
734:
728:
712:
708:
702:
698:
691:
689:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
668:
665:
662:
658:
657:
653:
652:
646:
643:
641:
636:
634:
625:
616:
613:
609:
605:
601:
597:
593:
589:
584:
582:
581:
576:
575:
570:
566:
565:
560:
556:
552:
548:
544:
540:
536:
535:
530:
521:
512:
509:
506:
502:
498:
494:
490:
486:
482:
479:, connecting
478:
475:
471:
467:
447:
442:
440:
435:
433:
428:
427:
422:
421:
414:
412:
410:
408:
406:
404:
402:
401:
397:
396:
391:
383:
374:
372:
369:
366:
361:
352:
350:
347:
344:
339:
330:
328:
325:
322:
317:
308:
306:
303:
300:
295:
286:
284:
281:
278:
273:
264:
262:
259:
255:
254:
249:
241:
225:
223:
220:
217:
212:
203:
201:
198:
194:
193:
188:
180:
171:
169:
166:
163:
162:
158:
154:
153:
150:
147:
146:
140:
139:
135:
131:
127:
122:
119:
116:
112:
109:
106:
102:
99:
96:
92:
87:
83:
79:
72:
69:
67:
64:
63:
61:
57:
54:
51:
47:
43:
39:
34:
29:
26:
22:
1597:Other topics
1587:
1421:Brielle Draw
1411:Beach Bridge
1360:EMD GP40PH-2
1071:. Retrieved
1064:the original
1059:
1018:. Retrieved
1014:
1004:
992:. Retrieved
980:
971:
959:. Retrieved
954:
927:. Retrieved
922:
913:
905:Courier News
904:
892:
880:. Retrieved
868:
858:
839:
833:
821:. Retrieved
817:the original
812:
808:
783:. Retrieved
778:
769:
759:November 12,
757:. Retrieved
753:
717:November 14,
715:. Retrieved
711:the original
701:
685:
682:Hillsborough
656:West Trenton
654:
644:
637:
630:
585:
578:
572:
562:
547:Philadelphia
538:
532:
526:
465:
463:
392:
365:West Trenton
277:Hillsborough
250:
189:
148:
25:
1552:County Yard
1466:Morgan Draw
1441:Dock Bridge
1300:Connections
1060:NJ Ttransit
823:January 31,
688:Bridgewater
555:Jersey City
539:Wall Street
501:Bridgewater
253:High Bridge
216:Bridgewater
114:Operator(s)
1669:Categories
882:August 21,
754:NJ Transit
694:References
678:Belle Mead
564:Royal Blue
470:NJ Transit
299:Belle Mead
1143:Main Line
989:0362-4331
877:0362-4331
1370:ALP-45DP
1030:cite web
727:cite web
663:service)
619:Proposal
534:Crusader
503:and the
321:Hopewell
129:Proposed
98:Commuter
81:Stations
44:Proposed
36:Overview
1526:WR Draw
1451:HX Draw
1431:DB Draw
1385:Comet V
124:History
89:Service
73:(SEPTA)
59:Termini
1375:PL42AC
1365:ALP-46
1288:
1277:
1266:
1255:
1244:
1213:
1202:
1189:
1179:
1163:
1152:
1141:
1130:
1020:May 8,
994:May 8,
987:
961:May 8,
929:May 8,
875:
846:
785:May 8,
779:NJ.com
157:Legend
149:
104:System
41:Status
1067:(PDF)
1056:(PDF)
951:(PDF)
667:I-295
588:SEPTA
505:SEPTA
487:with
49:Owner
1184:and
1075:2021
1036:link
1022:2016
996:2016
985:ISSN
963:2016
931:2016
884:2023
873:ISSN
844:ISBN
825:2017
787:2016
761:2011
733:link
719:2016
590:and
537:and
464:The
445:edit
438:talk
431:view
132:2007
94:Type
567:to
553:in
549:to
545:in
499:at
491:in
483:in
393:to
389:WTR
251:to
247:RVL
190:to
186:RVL
1671::
1058:.
1032:}}
1028:{{
1013:.
979:.
953:.
939:^
921:.
903:.
871:.
867:.
813:13
811:.
807:.
795:^
777:.
752:.
741:^
729:}}
725:{{
571:,
1194:)
1174:(
1105:e
1098:t
1091:v
1077:.
1038:)
1024:.
998:.
965:.
933:.
886:.
852:.
827:.
789:.
763:.
735:)
721:.
84:8
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.