Built in 1918 and active on the shortest regularly-scheduled commuter rail line in the country, the former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Princeton, NJ on the Princeton University campus may be coming to an end in active service this weekend, if an emergency injunction is not granted. The station, which serves the former PRR Princeton Branch, operates New Jersey Transit commuter trains (either one or two cars paired together) over 2.9 miles of track on a 5 minute trip from the Princeton campus to the Princeton Junction NJT/Amtrak station.
The station in Princeton is slated to be taken out of operation after this coming Friday, as the University wants to expand and build a new arts center, however, a "Save The Dinky" group of citizens has filed an emergency petition to stop the abandonment of the Princeton station. For now, however, this may be your last chance to experience a PRR station in active service - so get out and see it while you can!
News article about the arts center/move.
News article from yesterday about the emergency petition.
My video taken this past weekend of the Dinky's operation, including views of/from the station
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