Ferry Avenue station
{{Short description|Rapid transit station in New Jersey}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ferry Avenue
| style = PATCO
| image = Pocket track at Ferry Avenue station, May 2018.jpg
| caption = Ferry Avenue station in May 2018
| address = 2600 Ferry Avenue
| borough = Camden, New Jersey
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|55|22|N|75|5|30|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}
| connections = {{bus icon|12 px|NJ Transit bus}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|451|453}}
| platform = 1 bay island platform
| tracks = 3 (1 pocket track)
| opened = January 4, 1969{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71230841/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Service Begins Today on Lindenwold Line |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=10 |date=January 4, 1969 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |title=A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1969 |url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1969.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society |first=Christopher T. |last=Baer |date=April 2015}}
| parking = 1,900 spaces
| bicycle = Racks
| accessible = Yes
| owned = Delaware River Port Authority
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=PATCO|line=Speedline|left=Broadway|right=Collingswood}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#{{rcr|PATCO}} |zoom=15 }}
}}
Ferry Avenue station is a PATCO Speedline station located in Camden and Woodlynne, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It is near the busy US Route 130 and situated near the intersection of Camden, Woodlynne and Collingswood.
Station layout
The fare control is located at street level and the platform is elevated. For most of the platform, there are two tracks, serving the Philadelphia and Lindenwold bound trains. There is also a third track that starts halfway down the platform. The platform splits and the train can come up into this spot. It was once used by Ferry Avenue Local trains that originated here and went to Philadelphia, but Ferry Avenue Local trains were replaced with Woodcrest Local trains on September 20, 1980.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71234239/courier-post/ |title=Authority increases High-Speed Line service |newspaper=Courier-Post |first=Karen |last=Curran |date=August 27, 1980 |via=Newspapers.com}} The third track is now used to store a train mid-day.
Crime
On August 9, 1995, Philadelphia Inquirer truck driver Joseph Sweeney, 49, was fatally beaten during a robbery while delivering newspapers.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160817080229/http://articles.philly.com/2001-11-16/news/25321295_1_abduction-station-monday-night-police-headquarters "Second man held in PATCO rider's abduction"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2001
On November 12, 2001, Christine Lynn Eberle, 27, a PATCO commuter and resident of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey was abducted from the station's parking lot and killed. Two men, Ryshaone H. Thomas and Marcus Toliver, were charged with murder, robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses in connection with the crime.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFD754130329EF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Second man held in PATCO rider's abduction, killing"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2001[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F586B15618367F4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "2 indicted in commuter killing"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 15, 2002 On January 12, 2005, Thomas and Toliver pleaded guilty in New Jersey Superior Court in order to avoid the death penalty.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1079D10AB4577F9D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Plea deal in PATCO slaying"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 2005
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512160415/http://www.ridepatco.org/ferryave.asp Ferry Avenue (PATCO)]
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Category:PATCO Speedline stations in New Jersey