Walter Rand Transportation Center

Walter Rand Transportation Center Broadway
Location	527 Martin Luther King Blvd. Camden, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°56′35″N 75°7′11″W / 39.94306°N 75.11972°WCoordinates: 39°56′35″N 75°7′11″W / 39.94306°N 75.11972°W
Owned by	At-grade: NJ Transit (State of New Jersey) Underground: DRPA (State of New Jersey, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
Line(s)	PATCO Speedline   River Line
Platforms	River Line: 2 side platforms PATCO: 1 island platform
Tracks	River Line: 2 PATCO: 2
Connections	NJT Buses SJTA Buses Greyhound
Construction
Structure type	River Line: At-grade PATCO: Underground
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 7, 1936 (PATCO station) March 15, 2004 (River Line)
Electrified	River Line: No PATCO: 750 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Cooper Street – Rutgers University toward Entertainment Center River Line 36th Street toward Trenton PATCO City Hall toward 15–16th & Locust PATCO Speedline Ferry Avenue toward Lindenwold

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, the Broadway Station of the PATCO Speedline, New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound intercity buses.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits, NJT Buses
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← River Line toward Entertainment Center (Cooper Street – Rutgers University)
	Northbound	→ River Line toward Trenton (36th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, fare control
P Platform level	Westbound	← PATCO toward 15–16th & Locust (City Hall)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ PATCO toward Lindenwold (Ferry Avenue) →

History

The transit 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. It was built above the existing PATCO Broadway Station, which opened as one of the four original stations on the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Bridge Line on June 7, 1936,^[1] and had a connection to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The station was later acquired by PATCO.

Rail

Westbound service via PATCO is available to Philadelphia and eastbound service is available to Lindenwold with connecting service via NJ Transit trains to Atlantic City.

Southbound service from the station via the River Line travels to the Camden Waterfront. Northbound service is available to the Trenton Transit Center with connections to New Jersey Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains.

The center is the planned northern terminus of the Glassboro–Camden Line, an 18-mile (28.97 km) diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail system projected for completion in 2019.^[2]

Bus

Route 407

NJT Buses:

• 313, 315, 316 (seasonal), 317, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 418, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457 and 551

Greyhound Lines:^[3]

SJTA:

• Pureland shuttle

References

1. "The PATCO Hi-Speedline". The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
2. "Fact Sheet 2013" (PDF). Glassboro-Camden Line. DVPA & PATCO. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
3. Greyhound Camden terminal information

External links

• NJT River Line station information page for Walter Rand Transportation Center
• River Line schedule
• Walter Rand - Broadway (PATCO)
• Greyhound Camden Terminal
• Light Rail Station from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway entrance to PATCO from Google Maps Street View