The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is Atlantic City, New Jersey's train station, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center.[4] It has five tracks served by three platforms and functions as the easternmost terminus of the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line to and from Philadelphia. The station was also served by the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) from 2009 until it was formally discontinued on March 9, 2012.[5]
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 New Jersey Transit train waits on Track 3 of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Atlantic City Expressway Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°21′49″N 74°26′31″W / 39.3635°N 74.442°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms, 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Atlantic City Jitney Association: 4 (Orange), 1, 2, 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: ACY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IATA code | ZRA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 23, 1989 (Amtrak)[1] September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | 944 (average weekday)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The terminal was designed by TAT/SSVK, Architects and dedicated on May 22, 1989.[6] Atlantic City was once served by the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City station (originally Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal, demolished in 1997.[7] Between 1965 and 1981 a single-story, two-track station on the present site served PRSL trains until service ended in 1981.
Connecting service
edit- At the station/convention center: Atlantic City Jitney casino shuttles and route 4
- Two blocks south at the Atlantic City Bus Terminal: 319 to New York City and all Atlantic County local and long-distance routes.
References
edit- ^ Comegino, Carol (May 24, 1989). "Railroad Buffs Witness History in First Run of Gamblers Express". The Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gold, Jeffrey (September 15, 1989). "Commuter Rail Service Restored to Atlantic City". The Asbury Park Press. p. 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ NJT Atlantic City Line, accessed November 14, 2006
- ^ Wittowski, Donald (March 10, 2012). "Casinos end ACES train service from Atlantic City to New York". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ "Atlantic City Rail Terminal dedication booklet, 1989". history.amtrak.com. Amtrak History. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ^ Annotations to photograph "Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ" (Historic American Buildings Survey item NJ-1218).
External links
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Media related to Atlantic City Rail Terminal at Wikimedia Commons
- NJT rail station information page for Atlantic City Rail Terminal
- DepartureVision real time train information for Atlantic City Rail Terminal
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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