Atco station
Atco | |||||||||||
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 The station platform at Atco, as seen facing westbound towards Lindenwold station on New Year's Eve in 2011. | |||||||||||
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| Location | CW Haines Boulevard east of Route 73 Waterford Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°47′01″N 74°54′28″W / 39.7836°N 74.9078°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 554 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 189 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: ATO | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 41 (average weekday)[3] | ||||||||||
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Atco station is an active commuter railroad station in the Atco section of Waterford Township, Camden County, New Jersey. Located on CW Haines Boulevard (off State Route 73) between the borough of Berlin and downtown Atco, the station services trains of NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line between 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City Rail Terminal in the eponymous Atlantic City. It also services NJ Transit's 554 bus, which runs between Lindenwold station and the Atlantic City Bus Terminal. The station consists of a single high-level side platform and track.
Atco station opened with the debut of NJ Transit's Atlantic City service on September 17, 1989, almost four months after Amtrak debuted their Atlantic City Express.
References
[edit]- ^ 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 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gold, Jeffrey (September 15, 1989). "Commuter Rail Service Restored to Atlantic City". The Asbury Park Press. p. 3. Retrieved September 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019–2025 (Report). Newark, New Jersey: NJ Transit. 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
External links
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Media related to Atco station at Wikimedia Commons
- NJT rail station information page for Atco station
- DepartureVision real time train information for Atco station
- Station on Google Maps Street View
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