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The Atlantic City Line (ACL) is run by New Jersey Transit between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey. It runs over trackage that was controlled by both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. It shares trackage with SEPTA and Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor until it crosses the Delaware River on its own Delair Bridge into New Jersey. The Atlantic City Line also shares the right-of-way with the PATCO Speedline between Haddonfield and Lindenwold, NJ. There are 14 departures each day in both directions.

Proposed express service to New York City

In June 2006, the board of New Jersey Transit accepted a plan for Express service between Atlantic City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, for a three year trial to begin in 2007.

Service will be provided with station stops at New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station, then directly to Atlantic City in about two and one-half hours. New train cars will be provided by Amtrak and service will be partially funded by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (MGM Mirage) and Atlantic City Express Service, LLC (ACES) (Boyd Gaming Corporation), which are the companies that own Bally's, Harrah's, Showboat, Ceasars, Borgata, Resorts, Wild Wild West and Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City.^[1]

The service will bypass Philadelphia and enter the Atlantic City Line directly from the Northeast Corridor Line. Only 25% of the seats are slated for sale to the general public, with the rest reserved for the casinos backing the new train service.^[2]

Equipment

Regularly scheduled service on the Atlantic City Line consists mainly of rebuilt ex-Penn Central GP40PH-2B diesels in the 4200-series. Rolling stock consists of mainly Comet IV cars, with Comet V cars appearing on special trains for the NJEA Teacher's Convention.

Station listing

The trains serve the following stations:

City	Station	Operator	Connections
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia-30th Street Station	NJT	SEPTA, Amtrak
Cherry Hill Township	Cherry Hill	NJT	NJT 406 (Stops on Route 70), 450 buses
Lindenwold	Lindenwold	NJT	NJT 403, 454, 554, 459 buses, PATCO
Atco	Atco	NJT
Hammonton	Hammonton	NJT	NJT 554 bus, Community Shuttle
Egg Harbor City	Egg Harbor City	NJT	NJT 554 bus
Absecon	Absecon	NJT	NJT 554 bus
Atlantic City	Atlantic City Rail Terminal	NJT	Atlantic City Bus Terminal (2 blocks east of the station): NJT 501, 502, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 551, 552, 553, 554, 559 buses

References

External links

Current Schedule (Updated April 23, 2006)

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[1] Atlantic City And Rail Line Agree to Offer Direct Service, The New York Times, June 20, 2006

[2] Casinos, NJ Transit sign deal, The Courier-Post, December 15, 2006

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 The service will bypass [[Philadelphia]] and enter the Atlantic City Line directly from the [[Northeast Corridor Line]].  Only 25% of the seats are slated for sale to the general public, with the rest reserved for the casinos backing the new train service.<ref>[http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061215/BUSINESS/612150341/1003 Casinos, NJ Transit sign deal], ''[[The Courier-Post]]'', [[December 15]], [[2006]]</ref>
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 Regularly scheduled service on the Atlantic City Line consists mainly of rebuilt ex-[[Penn Central]] GP40PH-2B diesels in the 4200-series. Rolling stock consists of mainly Comet IV cars, with Comet V cars appearing on special trains for the NJEA Teacher's Convention.

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