Hamilton station (NJ Transit)
Hamilton | |||||||||||
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Hamilton station in July 2008. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 600 Sloan Avenue Hamilton, New Jersey United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°15′19″N 74°42′14″W / 40.25528°N 74.70389°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Line | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 606, 608 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 2,066 space garage, 750 space lot | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 20 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 21, 1999[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 3,635 (average weekday)[2] | ||||||||||
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Hamilton station is an active commuter railroad station and intermodal transit hub in the township of Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Located on Klockner Road, a branch of Sloan Avenue west of Interstate 295 interchange 65, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line between Trenton Transit Center and New York Penn Station. All Amtrak services bypass the station. Hamilton station has two high-level side platforms to serve trains on the outermost of four tracks.
Hamilton station opened on February 21, 1999 next to a former American Standard factory that had been turned into an office complex.[1][3]
The Hamilton station received national media attention in 2019, when it was reported that commuters were regularly locked out of the station building in the early mornings. The building, which houses a ticket office, waiting room, and Dunkin' Donuts shop, is to open at 4:30 a.m. every day with the opening of the donut shop; a Dunkin' Donuts employee is contracted to open the doors of the building at that time. The ticket office opens later each day, at 6 a.m.,[4] and the platforms and a small enclosed waiting area are always kept open.[5][6]
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.
References
- ^ a b "Hamilton Train Station Opens". The Messenger-Press. Allentown, New Jersey. February 25, 1999. p. 7. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ NJ Transit Facts at a Glance (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025) (PDF) (Report). NJ Transit. November 17, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ^ Peterson, Iver (April 18, 1992). "Trenton Sees Proposed Train Station Stealing Its Business". The New York Times. New York, New York. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ "NJ Transit blames Dunkin Donuts for late opening station entrance". Fox 5 NY. March 22, 2019.
- ^ Guse, Clayton (March 22, 2019). "Why Does Dunkin' Donuts Help Run This Transit Station?". Governing. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020.
- ^ "NJ TRANSIT Blames Local Donut Shop For Not Opening Their Station On Time". WLNY CBS New York. March 22, 2019.
External links
- Media related to Hamilton (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons