Atlantic City Rail Terminal

The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is a train station in Atlantic City, New Jersey, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center.^[5] It has five tracks served by three platforms, and functions as the easternmost terminus of the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line to and from Philadelphia. The terminal was designed by TAT/SSVK, Architects and dedicated on May 22, 1989.^[6]

Atlantic City
New Jersey Transit train waits on Track 3 of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal
General information
Location	1 Atlantic City Expressway Atlantic City, New Jersey
Coordinates	39.3635°N 74.442°W / 39.3635; -74.442 (Atlantic City Rail Terminal)
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Connections	Atlantic City Jitney Association: 4 (Orange), 1, 2, 3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: ACY
IATA code	ZRA
History
Opened	May 23, 1989 (Amtrak)[1] September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit)[2]
Passengers
2024	498 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Absecon toward Philadelphia Atlantic City Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus ACES 2009–2011 Newark Penn toward New York Penn Station Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cherry Hill [4] toward Richmond Staples Mill Road, Harrisburg or Springfield Atlantic City Express Terminus
Location

From 1989 to 1995, the station served as the terminus of Amtrak's Atlantic City Express. The line was also marketed as the "Gambler's Express"; in this period, Atlantic City was practically the only location that people could legally gamble at on the East Coast of the United States. ^[7] Later, the station was served by the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) from New York City to Atlantic City. The ACES service was operational from 2009 to March 9, 2012.^[8]

Atlantic City was once served by the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) Atlantic City station (originally Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal, demolished in 1997.^[9] Between 1965 and 1981 a single-story, two-track station on the present site served PRSL trains until service ended in 1981.

Connecting service

The waiting area of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal

• At the station/convention center: Atlantic City Jitney casino shuttles and route 4
• Two blocks south at the Atlantic City Bus Terminal: 319 to New York City and all Atlantic County local and long-distance routes.