Princeton Junction station

Princeton Junction
at West Windsor
Princeton Junction station in 2006
General information
Location2 Wallace Circle
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
United States
Coordinates40°19′00″N 74°37′24″W / 40.3167°N 74.6233°W / 40.3167; -74.6233
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
NJ Transit Princeton Branch
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4 (Northeast Corridor), 1 (Princeton Branch)
Connections
Construction
Parking4,161 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: PJC
IATA codeZTJ
Fare zone19 (NJT)[2]
History
Opened1864
ElectrifiedJanuary 16, 1933[3] (partial service)
February 1, 1933[4] (full service)
Key dates
December 27, 1953Station depot burned[5]
Passengers
FY 20176,817 (avg. weekday)[6] (NJT)
FY 202386,015 annually[7] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Trenton
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Limited service
New Brunswick
toward New York
Trenton Northeast Regional New Brunswick
Trenton Vermonter
Weekdays
Newark Penn
One-way operation
     Acela does not stop here
     Cardinal does not stop here
     Carolinian does not stop here
     Crescent does not stop here
     Palmetto does not stop here
     Pennsylvanian does not stop here
     Silver Meteor does not stop here
     Silver Star does not stop here
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Hamilton
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line Jersey Avenue
One-way operation
Princeton
Terminus
Princeton Branch Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Trenton
toward Chicago
Main Line Plainsboro
Penns Neck
toward Princeton
Princeton Branch Terminus
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Trenton Crescent New Brunswick
toward New York
Trenton
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Newark Penn
toward New York
Location
Map

Princeton Junction station (signed as Princeton Junction at West Windsor) is a railroad station in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, located in West Windsor Township. It serves NJ Transit (NJT) and Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor (NEC), and NJ Transit on the Princeton Branch.

  1. ^ "Princeton Junction". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original on September 22, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Northeast Corridor Timetables" (PDF). New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "P.R.R. Opens Electric Service Between N.Y. and Phila. Today". The Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. January 16, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Electric Service Line Wednesday". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. January 29, 1933. pp. 1–2. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "P.R.R. Station Burns to Ground". The Daily Home News. December 28, 1953. p. 4. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". Patch.com. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New Jersey" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.