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Penn Central Transportation took over operating the Dinky in 1968, but later went bankrupt. When Conrail was formed in 1976, the train line was transferred to the New Jersey Department of ...
A plan to remove tracks and set Princeton's historic Dinky train station back several hundred feet has some worried it could mean the end of America's shortest regularly scheduled rail line ...
PRINCETON BOROUGH — Unwavering in its fight to keep the Dinky train terminus where it is, the Princeton Borough Council this week discussed ways to pressure NJ Transit to conduct a public ...
With a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, speeches and the whoosh of the Dinky train's departure, officials celebrated the opening of the new Princeton Station on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Representatives from ...
NJ Transit defends its decision to temporarily discontinue Dinky rail service, saying it needs maximum manpower and equipment on deck to install Positive Train Control technology on its antiquated ...
Quite some time ago – in early 2017 – fellow local columnist Gordon Freireich wrote about memories of riding the “Dinky” train, a small commuter/connector railcar from York to Lancaster ...
The NJ TRANSIT train known as the Dinky provides service between Princeton and Princeton Junction, which provides connections to rail service along the East Coast. The station is 460 feet south of the ...
The station on the Princeton campus serves a two-car train known as the Dinky that makes stops only there and at the larger Princeton Junction station. The university and New Jersey Transit have a ...
Since the fall of 2013, Princeton University has built a roundabout on Alexander Road, created new parking lots, relocated the town’s historic Dinky train station and forged new facilities for the ...