Walter Rand Transportation Center Explained

Other Name:Broadway
Style:NJ Transit
Address:527 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Borough:Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates:39.9431°N -75.1197°W
Bus Routes: NJ Transit Bus:
Greyhound Lines
Connections: SJTA: Pureland North South
Platform:2 side platforms (River Line)
1 island platform (PATCO)
Tracks:2 (River Line); 2 (PATCO)
Parking:Paid parking nearby
Opened:June 7, 1936
Bicycle:Racks
Accessible:yes
Owned:NJ Transit and Delaware River Port Authority
Other Services Header:Proposed services (2028)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Former services (at Broadway)[1] [2]
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:15

The Walter Rand Transportation Center is a transportation hub located at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Broadway in Camden, New Jersey. It is served by the River Line, New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound intercity buses and also includes the Broadway station of the PATCO Speedline.

History

The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) had its Broadway station near the site. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Bridge Line opened on June 7, 1936, with an underground Broadway station as its Camden terminus. After Camden Terminal closed in 1953, Broadway was the Camden terminus of the PRSL. PRSL service to Camden ended in 1965.

The Bridge Line was temporarily closed on December 28, 1968 for conversion into the PATCO Speedline.[3] The Lindenwold–City Hall segment, including Broadway, reopened on January 4, 1969.[4]

The surface-level bus transfer center opened on May 17, 1989 as Camden Transportation Center and was renamed in 1994 for Walter Rand, a former New Jersey State Senator, who specialized in transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. River Line service began on March 15, 2004.

The station is the planned northern terminus of the Glassboro–Camden Line, an 182NaN2 diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail system projected for completion in 2028.[5]

In October 2021, NJ Transit announced plans to replace the facility with a new one, awarding a contract to conduct conceptual design, preliminary and final engineering and construction assistance services to HNTB.[6]

Train service

G
Ground level
StreetStation house, buses
Southbound
Northbound toward Trenton
MMezzaninePATCO faregates
P
Platform level
Westbound← toward
Eastbound toward →

Bus service

The transportation center is served by several New Jersey Transit bus routes and 551.

It is also served by Greyhound Lines and a South Jersey Transportation Authority shuttle to the Pureland Industrial Complex.

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Time Tables . . 7 May 2024 . 28 September 1947.
  2. Web site: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Time Tables . . 7 May 2024 . 26 June 1949.
  3. News: Full High-Speed Line Cannot Open Because Of Signal Troubles . The Philadelphia Inquirerx` . January 26, 1969 . 26 . Ronald . DeGraw . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Service Begins Today on Lindenwold Line . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 10 . January 4, 1969 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Walsh . Jim . Proposed Glassboro-Camden light-rail line is one step closer to reality . 7 November 2022 . Cherry Hill Courier-Post . 31 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Nj Transit .