Cherry Hill station is a NJ Transit train station in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, on the Atlantic City Line. Eastbound service is offered to Atlantic City and Westbound service is offered to Philadelphia. The station runs through the former Garden State Racetrack property, currently occupied by two separate shopping centers. The station is accessible directly from Route 70 (Marlton Pike). There is also an NJT 450 bus connection at the station, and the 406 bus on Route 70.
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 Cherry Hill station in January 2024 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Marlton Pike West & Cornell Avenue South Cherry Hill, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°55′42″N 75°2′30″W / 39.92833°N 75.04167°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 406, 450 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 352 spaces, 6 accessible spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: CRH | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | July 2, 1994 | ||||||||||||
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| 2012 | 262 (average weekday)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Cherry Hill station opened on July 2, 1994. It replaced Lindenwold station as a stop on the Amtrak Atlantic City Express until the train's April 2, 1995 discontinuance.[2][3]
Cherry Hill station is much less used than Woodcrest station on the PATCO Lindenwold Line, also in Cherry Hill.[4]
References
edit- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ "Cherry Hill Open: Pedestrian Access Awful". The Delaware Valley Rail Passenger. 12 (8). Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers. August 1994. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ Amtrak Northeast Timetable: Spring/Summer 1994. Amtrak. May 1, 1994. p. 40 – via Museum of Railway Timetables.
- ^ Laughlin, Jason (November 13, 2018). "Cherry Hill's little-known train stop seen as a potentially big link to Philly". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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