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The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is Atlantic City, New Jersey's train station, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center.[4] It has five tracks served by three platforms and functions as the easternmost terminus of the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line to and from Philadelphia. The station was also served by the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) from 2009 until it was formally discontinued on March 9, 2012.[5]

Atlantic City
New Jersey Transit train #4622 waits on Track 3.
General information
Location1 Atlantic City Expressway
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Coordinates39.3635°N 74.442°W / 39.3635; -74.442 (Atlantic City Rail Terminal)
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks5
Connections ACJA: 4, casino shuttles
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeACY (Amtrak)
History
OpenedMay 23, 1989 (Amtrak)[1]
September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit)[2]
ElectrifiedNo
Passengers
2012944 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Absecon Atlantic City Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Terminus Atlantic City Express Service
discontinued 2012
Newark Penn Station
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cherry Hill Atlantic City Express Terminus

Construction of the station replaced the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City station (née Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Bus Terminal and was demolished in 1997.[6]


Station layout


G Street level Station house, jitneys, Atlantic City Convention Center
P
Platform level
Main concourse Waiting area, ticket machines
Side platform
Track 1      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Absecon)
Track 2      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Absecon)
Island platform
Track 3      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Absecon)
Track 4      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Absecon)
Island platform
Track 5      Atlantic City Line toward Philadelphia (Absecon)

Connecting service



References


  1. Comegino, Carol (May 24, 1989). "Railroad Buffs Witness History in First Run of Gamblers Express". The Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Gold, Jeffrey (September 15, 1989). "Commuter Rail Service Restored to Atlantic City". The Asbury Park Press. p. 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  4. NJT Atlantic City Line, accessed November 14, 2006
  5. Wittowski, Donald (March 10, 2012). "Casinos end ACES train service from Atlantic City to New York". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  6. Annotations to photograph "Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ" (Historic American Buildings Survey item NJ-1218). Available from the Library of Congress.






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