Ferry Avenue station explained

Ferry Avenue
Style:PATCO
Address:2600 Ferry Avenue
Borough:Camden, New Jersey
Connections: NJ Transit Bus:
Platform:1 bay island platform
Tracks:3 (1 pocket track)
Opened:January 4, 1969[1] [2]
Parking:1,900 spaces
Bicycle:Racks
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Delaware River Port Authority
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
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.[3] The third track is now used to store a train mid-day.

P
Platform level
Westbound← toward
Pocket track No regular servicewidth=75
Eastbound toward →
GStreet levelStation house, fare control, parking, buses

Crime

On August 9, 1995, Philadelphia Inquirer truck driver Joseph Sweeney, 49, was fatally beaten during a robbery while delivering newspapers.[4]

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.[5] [6] On January 12, 2005, Thomas and Toliver pleaded guilty in New Jersey Superior Court in order to avoid the death penalty.[7]

Notable places nearby

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Service Begins Today on Lindenwold Line . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 10 . January 4, 1969 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1969 . Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society . Christopher T. . Baer . April 2015.
  3. News: Authority increases High-Speed Line service . Courier-Post . Karen . Curran . August 27, 1980 . Newspapers.com.
  4. http://articles.philly.com/2001-11-16/news/25321295_1_abduction-station-monday-night-police-headquarters "Second man held in PATCO rider's abduction"
  5. 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"
  6. 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"
  7. 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"