Hamilton station (NJ Transit)

{{Short description|NJ Transit rail station}}

{{about|the NJT commuter rail station|the NJT River Line station|Hamilton Avenue station}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Hamilton

| style = NJ Transit

| image = Hamilton train stationnjfullview.jpg

| caption = Hamilton station in July 2008.

| address = 600 Sloan Avenue

| borough = Hamilton, New Jersey

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|40|15|19|N|74|42|14|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}

| owned = New Jersey Transit

| line = Amtrak Northeast Corridor

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 4

| connections = {{bus icon}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|606|608}}

| parking = 2,066 space garage, 750 space lot

| bicycle = Lockers

| accessible = Yes

| zone = 20

| opened = February 21, 1999

| pass_year = 2012

| passengers = 5,019 (average weekday){{cite web| url=http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf| title=QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS| publisher=New Jersey Transit| date=December 27, 2012| access-date=December 27, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf| archive-date=April 19, 2013| url-status=dead}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NJ Transit|line=Northeast Corridor|left=Trenton|right=Princeton Junction}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Northeast Corridor}} |zoom=12 }}

}}

Hamilton station is an NJ Transit station on the Northeast Corridor Line, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Also at this station is the NJ Transit Hamilton Township bus garage.{{cite web| url=http://www.njtransit.com/ti/ti_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusTerminalsTo| title=Bus Terminals and Garages| website=NJ Transit| access-date=March 26, 2018| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084222/http://www.njtransit.com/ti/ti_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusTerminalsTo| archive-date=March 27, 2018}} The station is at 600 Sloan Avenue, off exit 65B of Interstate 295.

Hamilton Transit Center opened on February 21, 1999 as an intermodal complex.{{cite news |title=Hamilton Train Station Opens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75350804/hamilton-station-february-25-1999/ |access-date=April 8, 2021 |work=The Messenger-Press |date=February 25, 1999 |location=Allentown, New Jersey |page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/18/nyregion/trenton-sees-proposed-train-station-stealing-its-business.html| url-access=subscription| title=Trenton Sees Proposed Train Station Stealing Its Business| last=Peterson| first=Iver| date=April 18, 1992| work=The New York Times| access-date=6 December 2009| location=New York, New York}} It is next to a former American Standard factory that was redeveloped into an office building.

Peak express trains make the trip to New York Penn Station in about an hour, while off-peak express trains take an hour and fifteen minutes.{{cite web| url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0070.pdf| title=North East Corridor Line Official Schedule| website=NJ Transit}}

The Hamilton station received national media attention in 2019, when it was reported that commuters are regularly locked out of the station building in the early mornings. The building, which houses a ticket office, waiting room, and Dunkin' Donuts shop, is to open at 4:30 a.m. every day with the opening of the donut shop; a Dunkin' Donuts employee is contracted to open the doors of the building at that time. The ticket office opens later each day, at 6 a.m.,{{cite news| url=http://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-transit-blames-dunkin-donuts-for-late-opening-station-entrance| title=NJ Transit blames Dunkin Donuts for late opening station entrance| date=March 22, 2019| website=Fox 5 NY}} and the platforms and a small enclosed waiting area are always kept open.{{cite web| url=https://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/tns-dunkin-new-jersey-donuts-transit-train-station.html| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904130450/https://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/tns-dunkin-new-jersey-donuts-transit-train-station.html| archive-date=September 4, 2020| title=Why Does Dunkin' Donuts Help Run This Transit Station?| website=Governing| date=March 22, 2019| first=Clayton| last=Guse}}{{cite web| url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/03/22/nj-transit-donut-shop-station-time/| title=NJ TRANSIT Blames Local Donut Shop For Not Opening Their Station On Time| website=WLNY CBS New York| date=March 22, 2019}}