Trenton Line (SEPTA)

Trenton Line
Train #4656 pulls into the Cornwells Heights station.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail line
System	SEPTA Regional Rail
Status	Operating
Termini	Trenton Temple University
Daily ridership	12,263[1]
Website	septa.org
Operation
Operator(s)	SEPTA
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Catenary
Route map Legend Amtrak Northeast Corridor Trenton River Line Pennsylvania/New Jersey border Levittown Bristol Croydon Eddington Cornwells Heights Torresdale Holmesburg Junction Tacony Bridesburg North Philadelphia Chestnut Hill West Line 30th Street Station Suburban Station Jefferson Station Temple University

The Trenton Line (formerly called R7 Trenton) is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail (commuter rail) system. The route serves the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with service in Bucks County along the Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey.

Route

The Holmesburg Junction station in Northeast Philadelphia

Trenton Line trains make local stops along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and Trenton, NJ. The section of Northeast Corridor the Trenton Line uses is a 4-track railroad, from 30th Street Station via the Philadelphia Zoo (without stopping there), to North Philadelphia, before running parallel to I-95 and then US 13 for several miles. It crosses the Delaware River at Trenton, New Jersey before making its final stop at Trenton Transit Center, which is also served by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains. Electrified service between Philadelphia and Trenton began on June 29, 1930.

The Trenton line usually has two push-pull electric-locomotive-hauled trains on the morning express runs and two on the evening express runs. Each train is usually made up of 6 coach trailers made by Bombardier with AEM-7 or ALP-44 locomotives hauling them.

Those wishing to travel from Philadelphia to New York could formerly have taken Amtrak's Clocker service, but can still take its Northeast Regional. The Trenton Line service is coordinated with New Jersey Transit's (NJT) Northeast Corridor Service. This has proven to be a popular option for people travelling between Philadelphia and New York City; although the trip time is far more lengthy than Amtrak Regional service, the cost is roughly half of what Amtrak charges. NJT offers through ticketing from stations along the NEC to SEPTA stations, and NJT maintains a Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) at the SEPTA concourse in the 30th Street Station that sells the joint NJT/SEPTA tickets. However, while joint NJT/SEPTA tickets can be purchased at NJT staffed stations, they cannot at most SEPTA staffed stations, with the exception of three Center City Philadelphia stops that have added NJT ticketing service at one window each.

Name change

On July 25, 2010 SEPTA renamed the service from the R7 Trenton to simply the Trenton Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines. This also ended the combined R7 Trenton/R7 Chestnut Hill East service,^[2] although most weekday trains still continue to Chestnut Hill East.

List of stations

Stations that have existed on this line include:

Zone	Miles from 30th St	Station	Boardings[3]	City/Township	County	Notes
C	1.9	Zoological Garden	0	Philadelphia		Station operated from 1886 to circa 1911
	2.8	Engleside	0			Abandoned April 5, 1903, due to competition from trolley companies
	3.2	Ridge Avenue	0			Abandoned April 5, 1903, due to competition from trolley companies
	3.9	22nd Street	0			Abandoned; not to be confused with the Allegheny station on the Manayunk/Norristown Line which was formerly called 22nd Street.
1	4.5	North Philadelphia	184			Originally called Germantown Junction. Including Chestnut Hill West Line, Amtrak,   aerial
		11th Street	0			station closed
		North Penn Junction	0			station closed
		Harrowgate	0			station closed
		Frankford Junction	0			station closed
		Frankford	0			station closed
2	9.3	Bridesburg	209
		Fitler	0			station closed
	10.1	Wissinoming	0			station closed November 5, 2003
	11.2	Tacony	208
	12.2	Holmesburg Junction	515
3		Liddonfield	0			station closed
		Pierson's Station	0			station closed
	14.8	Torresdale	1,095
		Andalusia	0	Bensalem Township	Bucks County	station closed 1991
	16.9	Cornwells Heights	1,657			Some Amtrak trains stop here, two exits on I-95 or Woodhaven Road.
	18.2	Eddington	45
	19.9	Croydon	393	Bristol Township
4	22.7	Bristol	360	Bristol
		Edgely	0	Bristol Township		station closed
	26.0	Levittown	624	Tullytown		Also known as Levittown-Tullytown
		Tullytown	0			closed and replaced 1953 by adjacent Levittown station
		Morrisville	0	Morrisville		station closed 1969
NJ	32.5	Trenton	1,251	Trenton, New Jersey	Mercer County	New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, River Line. With all connections via NJT and Amtrak to New York City or Camden, New Jersey

Ridership

Fiscal year	Average weekday	Annual passengers
FY 2013	12,157	3,521,287[4]
FY 2013	12,157	3,491,548[5]
FY 2012	11,392	3,271,655[6]
FY 2011	11,782	3,383,710[7]
FY 2010	10,387	3,105,661[8]
FY 2009	10,660	3,186,185[9]
FY 2008	11,048	3,303,400[10]
FY 2005	9,369	2,852,245
FY 2004	10,772	3,023,668
FY 2003	10,450	3,142,500
FY 2001	n/a	3,193,000
FY 2000	n/a	3,059,000
FY 1999	n/a	2,504,000
FY 1997	n/a	2,578,875
FY 1996	n/a	2,641,296
FY 1995	8,473	2,603,757
FY 1994	8,494	2,547,411
FY 1993	8,127	2,565,586
Note: n/a = not available

References

1. SEPTA (June 2015). Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Service Plan. p. 98 PDF
2. "List of new SEPTA schedules".
3. "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014.
4. SEPTA (June 2015). Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Service Plan. p. 98 PDF
5. SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 60 PDF
6. SEPTA (May 2013). Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Service Plan. p. 44 PDF
7. SEPTA (May 2012). Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Service Plan. p. 55 PDF
8. http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp12.pdf
9. http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp11.pdf
10. http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp10.pdf

External links

• SEPTA – Trenton line schedule PDF