As of 2016, the branch schedule includes 41 round trips each weekday. The Princeton Branch provides rail service directly to the Princeton University campus from Princeton Junction, where New Jersey Transit and Amtrak provide Northeast Corridor rail service, heading northeast to Newark, New York City, and Boston, and southwest to Trenton, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Service on the Princeton Branch was temporarily suspended and replaced by shuttle buses from Octothrough May 11, 2019, as part of NJT's systemwide service reductions during the installation and testing of positive train control. A new station opened on November 17, 2014. Īt the initiative of Princeton University, the line was shortened by 460 ft (140 m) in order to construct a new University Arts Center. The run takes approximately 5 minutes in each direction.

Now running 2.7 mi (4.3 km) along a single track, it is the shortest scheduled commuter rail line in the United States. Also known as the Dinky, or the Princeton Junction and Back ( PJ&B), the branch is served by special shuttle trains. The line is a short branch of the Northeast Corridor Line, running from Princeton Junction northwest to Princeton with no intermediate stops (the line had an intermediate stop, Penns Neck, until 1971). The Princeton Branch is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) in the U.S.

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