Hamilton station (NJ Transit)
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Hamilton | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 600 Sloan Avenue Hamilton, NJ 08619 United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°15′19″N 74°42′14″W / 40.25528°N 74.70389°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 606 and 608 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 2066 space garage, 750 space surface overflow lot | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bike lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 20 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1999 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 5,019 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
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Hamilton is an NJ Transit station on the Northeast Corridor Line, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Also at this station is the NJ Transit Hamilton Township bus garage.[2] The station is at 600 Sloan Avenue, off Exit 65 of Interstate 295.
Hamilton Transit Center opened February 16, 1999 as an intermodal complex.[3] It is next to a former American Standard factory that was redeveloped into an office building.
Peak express trains make the trip to New York Penn Station in about an hour, while off-peak express trains take an hour and fifteen minutes.[4]
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms connected by a passageway over the tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.
| M | Mezzanine | Connection between platforms, station building |
| Ground/ platform level | ||
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Track 4 | ← Northeast Corridor Line toward Trenton (Terminus) ← Amtrak Northeast Corridor services do not stop here | |
| Track 3 | ← Amtrak Northeast Corridor services do not stop here | |
| Track 2 | Amtrak Northeast Corridor services do not stop here → | |
| Track 1 | Amtrak Northeast Corridor services do not stop here → Northeast Corridor Line toward New York (Princeton Junction) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Street level | Station building, parking, buses | |
References
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ Bus Terminals and Garages, NJ Transit. Accessed March 26, 2018.
- ^ Peterson, Iver (April 18, 1992). "Trenton Sees Proposed Train Station Stealing Its Business". The New York Times. New York, New York: Time Warner. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "North East Corridor Line Official Schedule" (PDF).
External links
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