Walter Rand Transportation Center

Walter Rand Transportation Center
Walter Rand Transportation Center entrance from Broadway
General information
Other names	Broadway
Location	527 Martin Luther King Boulevard Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates	39°56′35″N 75°7′11″W / 39.94306°N 75.11972°W / 39.94306; -75.11972
Owned by	NJ Transit and Delaware River Port Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms (River Line) 1 island platform (PATCO)
Tracks	2 (River Line); 2 (PATCO)
Bus routes	NJ Transit Bus: 313, 315, 316, 317, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 418, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457, 551 Greyhound Lines
Connections	SJTA: Pureland North South
Construction
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 7, 1936
Rebuilt	January 4, 1969 (PATCO conversion) May 17, 1989 (bus center opened) March 15, 2004 (River Line opened)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Cooper Street–Rutgers University toward Entertainment Center River Line 36th Street toward Trenton Preceding station DRPA Following station City Hall toward 15–16th & Locust PATCO Speedline Ferry Avenue toward Lindenwold
Proposed services (2028)[1] Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus Glassboro–Camden Line Lanning Square toward Glassboro
Former services (at Broadway)[2][3] Preceding station Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Following station Camden Closed 1953 Terminus ACRR Main Line Collingswood toward Atlantic City ACRR Cape May Branch 51st Street toward Cape May
Location

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, New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound intercity buses and also includes the Broadway station of the PATCO Speedline.

The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) had its Broadway station near the site. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Bridge Line opened on June 7, 1936, with an underground Broadway station as its Camden terminus. After Camden Terminal closed in 1953, Broadway was the Camden terminus of the PRSL. PRSL service to Camden ended in 1965.

The Bridge Line was temporarily closed on December 28, 1968 for conversion into the PATCO Speedline.^[4] The Lindenwold–City Hall segment, including Broadway, reopened on January 4, 1969.^[5]

The surface-level bus transfer 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. River Line service began on March 15, 2004.

The station 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 2028.^[1]

In October 2021, NJ Transit announced plans to replace the facility with a new one, awarding a contract to conduct conceptual design, preliminary and final engineering and construction assistance services to HNTB.^[6]

The transportation center is served by several New Jersey Transit bus routes 313, 315, 316, 317, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 418, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457 and 551.

It is also served by Greyhound Lines and a South Jersey Transportation Authority shuttle to the Pureland Industrial Complex.

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

• Cooper University Hospital
• Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
• Walt Whitman House

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  Broadway station serving PATCO Speedline
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  River Line train at Walter Rand Transportation Center
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  Bus gates serving NJ Transit buses

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walter Rand Transportation Center.

• NJT River Line station information page for Walter Rand Transportation Center
• Broadway (PATCO)
• Walter Rand T.C. (GlassboroCamdenLine.com)
• Greyhound Camden Terminal