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| start                           = [[Trenton Rail Station (New Jersey)|Trenton Transit Center]]
| end                             = [[Temple University (SEPTA station)|Temple University]]
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The '''Trenton Line''' is a route of the [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] ([[commuter rail]]) system. The route serves the northeastern suburbs of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with service in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] along the [[Delaware River]] to [[Trenton, New Jersey]].

==Route==
Trenton Line trains operate along a four-track line from [[30th Street Station]] via the Philadelphia Zoo (without stopping there), to North Philadelphia, before running parallel to [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]] and then [[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|US 13]] for several miles. It crosses the [[Delaware River]] at [[Trenton, New Jersey]] before making its final stop at [[Trenton Transit Center]], which is also served by [[Amtrak]] and [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|New Jersey Transit]] trains.

The route is part of the middle leg of Amtrak's [[Northeast Corridor]]; all 11 of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services run along this line. The line's termini, 30th Street and Trenton Transit Center, have long been among the busiest Amtrak stations in the country. On weekdays, Amtrak connections are also available at North Philadelphia and Cornwells Heights. Connecting Trenton Line service is listed in timetables for NJ Transit's [[Northeast Corridor Line]], of which Trenton Transit Center is the southern terminus.

==History==
{{Main|Northeast Corridor}}
[[File:R7 Trenton.gif|left]]
Electrified service between Philadelphia and Trenton began on June 29, 1930.

Between 1984–2010 the route was designated '''R7 Trenton''' as part of SEPTA's [[SEPTA Regional Rail#Center City tunnel|diametrical reorganization]] of its lines. Trenton Line trains operated through the city center to the [[Chestnut Hill East Line]] on the ex-Reading side of the system.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Vuchic | first1=Vukan | author-link1=Vukan Vuchic | last2=Kikuchi | first2=Shinya | year=1984 | title=General Operations Plan for the SEPTA Regional High Speed System | location=Philadelphia | publisher=SEPTA|pages=2–8}}</ref> The R-number naming system was dropped on July 25, 2010.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lustig|first=David|title=SEPTA makeover|journal=Trains Magazine|date=November 2010|pages=26|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, most Trenton Line trains continue through Center City to the Chestnut Hill East Line, while some trains terminate at Temple University or continue to other destinations.<ref name=timetable>{{cite web|title=Trenton Line schedule|publisher=SEPTA|date=January 7, 2024|url=https://schedules.septa.org/current/TRE.pdf|access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref>

The Trenton Line usually has two [[Push-pull train|push-pull]] electric-locomotive-hauled trains on the morning express runs and two on the evening express runs. Each train is usually made up of 6 coach trailers made by [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] with [[ACS-64]] locomotives hauling them.{{fact|date=August 2016}}

SEPTA activated [[positive train control]] on the Trenton Line on May 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Positive Train Control Update|publisher=SEPTA|date=May 1, 2017|url=http://www.septa.org/service/rail/ptc/2017-04-update.html|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>

== Stations ==
[[File:North Philadelphia station, September 2013.jpg|thumb|right|North Philadelphia station in 2013]]
[[File:Torresdale Station.jpg|thumb|right|The utilitarian Torresdale station (seen in 2012) is typical of the Trenton Line]]
The Trenton Line includes the following stations north of the [[Center City Commuter Connection]]; stations indicated with gray background are closed. All stations within the Philadelphia city limits have a [[Train ticket|ticket office]] for purchasing [[Train ticket|ticket]](s) to ride the Trenton line. Many stations outside the city limits have a ticket office as well, however they have shorter hours (most outside the city limits are closed on weekends) and fewer amenities than the ticket offices inside the stations within [[Philadelphia]]. Cornwells Heights station is considered a popular station on the route as it is the busiest SEPTA Regional Rail station outside of Center City, and serves Amtrak trains as well.<ref name="asp2021">{{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=[[SEPTA]] | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=24 | access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref><ref name=timetable/>

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![[Railway milepost|Miles (km)]]<br>from<br>{{nowrap|[[Center City Commuter Connection|Center City]]}}
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|rowspan=28|[[Pennsylvania|PA]]
|rowspan=4|C
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|[[Mantua, Philadelphia]]
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|[[Zoological Garden station|Zoological Garden]]
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|{{convert|1.9|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|Closed November 24, 1901<ref name="prr1901">{{cite web|url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1901.pdf|title=A General Chronology of the Successors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Their Historical Context: 1901|author=Baer, Christopher T.|date=April 2015|publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Brewerytown, Philadelphia]]
|Engleside
|{{convert|2.8|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|Discontinued April 5, 1903<ref name="engleridge">{{cite news|title=Discontinuing All Stops of Trains at Paschal, South Street, Engelside and Ridge Avenue|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14478110/englesideridge_closing_april_3_1903/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 3, 1903|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|rowspan=2|[[Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia]]
|Ridge Avenue
|{{convert|3.2|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|Discontinued April 5, 1903<ref name="engleridge" />
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|22nd Street
|{{convert|3.9|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|
|-
|rowspan=7|1
|rowspan=2|[[Glenwood, Philadelphia]]
|{{stl|Amtrak|North Philadelphia}}
|{{convert|4.5|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} [[Amtrak]]: ''[[Keystone Service]]''<br>{{rint|philadelphia|septa}} [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]: {{rcb|SEPTA|Chestnut Hill West |inline=yes}}<br>{{ric|SEPTA Metro|name=y}}: {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B}}<br>{{rint|bus|1}} [[SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16}}
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|11th Street
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|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Fairhill, Philadelphia]]
|North Penn Junction
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|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|rowspan=2|[[Harrowgate, Philadelphia]]
|Harrowgate
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|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|{{stl|SEPTA|Frankford Junction}}
| 
|Discontinued October 4, 1992<ref name="stationsclosed10492">{{cite news|title=New Rail Schedules Set|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14416961/4_stations_closed_october_2_1992/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 2, 1992|page=36|via=Newspapers.com|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Frankford, Philadelphia]]
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Frankford
| 
|Closed 1990
|-
|rowspan=5|2
|{{stl|SEPTA|Bridesburg}}
|{{convert|9.3|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus|1}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|73}}
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|rowspan=2|[[Wissinoming, Philadelphia]]
|Fitler
| 
|
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|{{stl|SEPTA|Wissinoming}}
|{{convert|10.1|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|Discontinued November 9, 2003<ref name="2003pr">{{cite press release | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEPTA+Regional+Rail+Schedules+Change+Sunday.-a0109743850 | title=SEPTA Regional Rail Schedules Change Sunday | publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC | date=November 5, 2003 | access-date=October 17, 2017 | archive-date=August 22, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822170203/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEPTA+Regional+Rail+Schedules+Change+Sunday.-a0109743850 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Tacony, Philadelphia]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Tacony}}
|{{convert|11.2|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
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|-
|rowspan=3|[[Holmesburg, Philadelphia]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Holmesburg Junction}}
|{{convert|12.2|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus|1}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|84}}
|-
|rowspan=7|3
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|Liddonfield
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|
|bgcolor="dfdfdf"|
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Pierson's Station
| 
|
|-
|[[Torresdale, Philadelphia]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Torresdale}}
|{{convert|14.8|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus|1}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|19|84}}
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Andalusia, Pennsylvania|Andalusia]]
|Andalusia
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|Discontinued October 4, 1992<ref name="stationsclosed10492" />
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|[[Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania|Cornwells Heights]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Cornwells Heights}} {{NJT acc}}
|{{convert|16.9|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''Keystone Service''<br>{{rint|bus|1}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|78}}<br>{{rint|bus}} [[SEPTA Suburban Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|133}}
|-
|[[Eddington, Pennsylvania|Eddington]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Eddington}}
|{{convert|18.2|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|133}}
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|[[Croydon, Pennsylvania|Croydon]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Croydon}} {{NJT acc}}
|{{convert|19.9|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|128}}
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|rowspan=5|4
|[[Bristol, Pennsylvania|Bristol]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Bristol}}
|{{convert|22.7|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|129}}<br>{{rint|bus|1}} [[TMA Bucks]]: [[Bristol Rushbus]]
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Levittown, Pennsylvania|Levittown]]
|Edgely
| 
|Closed in 1956; the railroad razed the depot at Edgely on January 16, 1957.<ref name="edgely">{{cite news|title=Landmark Ruled Out|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14479277/edgely_demolished_january_17_1957/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=The Bristol Daily Courier|date=January 17, 1957|location=[[Bristol, Pennsylvania]]|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Tullytown, Pennsylvania|Tullytown]]
|{{stl|SEPTA|Levittown}} {{NJT acc}}
|{{convert|26.0|mi|km|abbr=values}} 
|{{rint|bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|127|128}}
|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|Tullytown
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|-bgcolor=dfdfdf
|[[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]]
|Morrisville
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|Closed October 25, 1969<ref name="prr1969">{{cite web|url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1969.pdf|title=A General Chronology of the Successors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Their Historical Context: 1969|author=Baer, Christopher T.|date=April 2015|publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[New Jersey|NJ]]
|NJ
|[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
|[[Trenton Transit Center]] {{NJT acc}}
|{{nowrap|{{convert|32.4|mi|km|abbr=values}}}}
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'', ''[[Carolinian (train)|Carolinian]]'', ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', ''Keystone Service'', ''[[Northeast Regional]]'', ''[[Palmetto (train)|Palmetto]]'', ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'', ''[[Silver Meteor]]'', ''[[Vermonter (train)|Vermonter]]''<br>{{rint|njt}} [[NJ Transit Rail]]: {{rcb|NJ Transit|Northeast Corridor|inline=yes}}, {{rcb|NJ Transit|River|inline=yes}}<br>{{rint|bus}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|409|418|600|601|604|606|608|609|611|613|619}}<br>{{rint|bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|127}}
|}

== Ridership ==
Between FY 2013–FY 2019 yearly ridership on the Trenton Line ranged from 3.1–3.6 million before collapsing during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].{{refn|group=note|Data for individual lines is not available for FY 2020.<ref name="ridership">{{cite web | url=https://public.tableau.com/shared/863MKJ724 | title=Route Operating Statistics | last=SEPTA Data Group | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEPTA Route Statistics |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/septa.data.group/viz/shared/2PGM374D9 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=[[SEPTA]]}}</ref>

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==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://schedules.septa.org/current/TRE.pdf SEPTA – Trenton Line schedule]

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