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}} Princeton is the northern terminus of the Princeton Branch commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT), and is located on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. At the branch's southern end at Princeton Junction, connections are available to NJT's Northeast Corridor Line and peak-hour Amtrak trains. The shuttle train between the two stations is known as the "Dinky",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/travel/trains/ )〕 and has also been known as the "PJ&B", for "Princeton Junction and Back". At , it is the shortest scheduled commuter rail line in the United States. Plans to relocate Princeton Station 460 ft (140 m) south, proposed by the university and approved by NJT and the Princeton Regional Planning Board, were met with opposition from some commuters, residents, alumni, and transportation advocates. A few legal challenges were still pending as of January 2015, even after the opening of the new station. Initial studies have been conducted to build a bus transitway along the Dinky right-of-way as part of a proposed Bus Rapid Transit system. The historic 1918 train station closed permanently on August 23, 2013. Approximately 1,200 ft (370 m) to the southeast, a temporary station operated from August 26, 2013 through November 9, 2014, accompanied by various bus routes shuttling among the old station, the temporary station, and Princeton Junction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = New Jersey Transit )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Princeton University )〕 The new permanent Princeton Station, designed by architect Rick Joy, opened on November 17, 2014, with construction continuing on a complex of arts and dining buildings in the surrounding area. ==History== The original 1865 Princeton Station, located in what became the university's Blair Courtyard, south of Nassau Street, was replaced by the 1918 station, built on a site further south. The historic 1918 station was constructed when the branch was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) under the direction of architect-engineer Alexander C. Shand, who had also overseen construction of the now-demolished Philadelphia Broad Street Station. Designed in the Collegiate Gothic style, the 1918 station contained a stone station house, a stone freight house, and a canopy-covered platform.〔 The station has been owned by several different parties since the PRR era: Penn Central (1968–1976), Conrail (1976–June 1984), New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (to October 1984), and Princeton University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://savethedinky.org/a/PU-NJ_Transit-Contract.pdf )〕〔Deed between Consolidated Rail Corporation and the State of New Jersey. June 15, 1984.〕 It is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places〔 and the National Register of Historic Places.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000496.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Princeton (NJT station)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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