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Atlantic City
New Jersey Transit train waits on Track 3 of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal
General information
Location	1 Atlantic City Expressway Atlantic City, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°21′49″N 74°26′31″W / 39.3635°N 74.442°W / 39.3635; -74.442 (Atlantic City Rail Terminal)
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Connections	Atlantic City Jitney Association: 4 (Orange), 1, 2, 3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: ACY
IATA code	ZRA
History
Opened	May 23, 1989 (Amtrak) September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit)
Passengers
2012	944 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Absecontoward Philadelphia Atlantic City Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus ACES2009–2011 Newark Penntoward New York Penn Station Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cherry Hilltoward Richmond Staples Mill Road, Harrisburg or Springfield Atlantic City Express Terminus
Location

The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is Atlantic City, New Jersey's train station, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center. 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.

The terminal was designed by TAT/SSVK, Architects and dedicated on May 22, 1989. Atlantic City was once served by the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City station (originally Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal, demolished in 1997. Between 1965 and 1981 a single-story, two-track station on the present site served PRSL trains until service ended in 1981.

Connecting service

• At the station/convention center: Atlantic City Jitney casino shuttles and route 4
• Two blocks south at the Atlantic City Bus Terminal: 319 to New York City and all Atlantic County local and long-distance routes.

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. "Atlantic City Rail Terminal dedication booklet, 1989". history.amtrak.com. Amtrak History. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
7. Annotations to photograph "Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ" (Historic American Buildings Survey item NJ-1218).

External links

• Media related to Atlantic City Rail Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Atlantic City Rail Terminal
• DepartureVision real time train information for Atlantic City Rail Terminal
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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