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Station Review #153: Secaucus Junction (NJT/MNRR)

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Secaucus Junction is a station on NJT's combined lines, serving the entirety of the commuter rail network of New Jersey sans the Atlantic City Line, along with the MNRR Port Jervis Line. The station was built and inaugurated in September of 2003 and has single-handedly been one of the most important completed rail projects in the entire northeastern US that was built this century.  Tour Map Secaucus Junction is a giant station, albeit a very well designed one . It's large enough to need a map of the station itself inside of it. There's also paper schedules for every single train that goes through Secaucus Junction as well The hallway that map is in Elevator Staircase TVMs and info screens Bus terminal The outside of the station Odd maintenance tunnel Bottom floor area This floor has escalators, elevators, and TVMs, among other things Stairs ...

Station Review #151: Glen Rock-Boro Hall (NJT)

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Glen Rock-Boro Hall is a station on NJT's Bergen County Line. Two round trips a day of the Port Jervis Line also serve this station. Glen Rock-Boro Hall is located at Harding Plaza in Glen Rock, New Jersey.  History When this station was built in 1881 with the rest of the Bergen County Railroad, it was originally called Paramus. Unfortunately for Bergen County and much of the rest of New Jersey, Boroughitis happened between 1890 and 1930. This process caused this station to become Glen Rock-Boro Hall in 1891. Not much else is known. It's likely that this is not the original station building, and that it was replaced sometime after the 1960s. The waiting room closed at some point afterwards as well.  Tour Glen Rock-Boro Hall is an average NJT station that's not along the Northeast Corridor. A lot of them are like this .  Old depot? Bench Southbound platform and depot Shelter with basic amen...

Station Review #147: Pennsauken Transit Center (NJT)

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Pennsauken is an NJT train station located on Derousse avenue in Pennsauken, New Jersey. This station was originally planned as an infill station for both the River Line and Atlantic City Line where one can transfer between the two lines without taking a different NJT bus to 30th Street in Philadelphia.  Services Bus stop Pennsauken station has two different main services, both provided by NJT Atlantic City Line - Regional trains from 30th Street Station to Atlantic City via Camden and Atlantic Counties. Runs about once every 90 minutes per direction, sometimes more or less depending on what day it is and what time.  River Line - Medium Rail trains from Waterfront Entertainment Center (Camden) to Trenton Transit Center Additionally, buses are provided, listed below: 404 - Philadelphia to Pennsauken Industrial Park (Most buses go to Cherry Hill Mall instead) via Westfield Avenue. This variant only runs a few times a day. 417 - 30th Street Station to Fai...