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Cornwells Heights (pronounced and often misspelled as "Cornwell Heights") is a train station along the Northeast Corridor. The station is located at 700 Station Avenue in Cornwells Heights, PA, a CDP located within Bensalem, PA.  The station is mainly served by SEPTA's Trenton line. Despite this, three trips of Amtrak's Keystone Service stop at the station every day: 640 (7:02 AM), 649 (3:51 PM), and 655 (7:40 PM). Cornwells Heights is currently the least used Amtrak station in the state of Pennsylvania.  From Station Avenue to the edge of the park and ride, this station is about half a mile long.  History Despite how it is today, Cornwells Heights was not nearly as important as it is now for much of its existence. The first known iteration of Cornwells Heights station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891. It's unknown if there was any iteration of the station from before that year, and was only rebuilt by the PRR or not. This is ...

Trenton Transit Center is a major train station located along Clinton Avenue in Trenton, NJ. This station has service from Amtrak, NJT, and SEPTA.  History Old postcard of the train station  Trenton has had train service for almost two centuries. Originally rail service to Trenton started in 1832, as Trenton was the terminus of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. This arrangement stayed the same until 1865, when a new Trenton station was built on the site of the current station. This station was then rebuilt two other times, first in the 1976 and then again in 2006, with the current station being finished in 2008.  Services Section with NJT bus schedules. The area for train schedules is on the other side, behind the point of view of this photo.  There are multiple types of services that run to Trenton Transit Center from multiple agencies:  Amtrak Many Amtrak trains use the Northeast Corridor to get to New York City/points ...