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	10,387
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 Andalusia closed Torresdale Holmesburg Junction Tacony Wissinoming closed Bridesburg Frankford closed Frankford Junction closed North Philadelphia Chestnut Hill West Line 30th Street Station Suburban Station Market East 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

Holmesburg Junction Station on the SEPTA Trenton Line

Trenton Line trains uses Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, a 4-track railroad, from 30th Street Station via the Philadelphia Zoo (without stopping there,) then across North Philadelphia, before running parallel to I-95 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 was opened 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 lengthly 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 SEPTA staffed stations.

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.

List of stations

Stations that have existed on this line include:

Zone	Miles from 30th St	Station	Boardings	City/Township	County	Notes
C	4.5	North Philadelphia	149	Philadelphia		including Chestnut Hill West Line, Amtrak,   aerial
1		Frankford Junction	0			station closed
		Frankford	0			station closed
2	9.3	Bridesburg	155
	10.1	Wissinoming	0			station closed
	11.2	Tacony	194
	12.2	Holmesburg Junction	613
3	14.8	Torresdale	997
		Andalusia	0	Bensalem Township	Bucks County	station closed
	16.9	Cornwells Heights	1326			Some Amtrak trains stop here
4	18.2	Eddington	29
	19.9	Croydon	311	Bristol Township
		Bristol	323	Bristol
5		Levittown	526	Tullytown
6	32.5	Trenton	1371	Trenton, New Jersey	Mercer County	New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, River Line.

Ridership

Fiscal year	Average weekday	Annual passengers
FY 2010	10,387	3,105,661
FY 2009	10,660	3,186,185
FY 2008	11,048	3,303,400
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

External links

• SEPTA – Trenton line schedulePDF