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West Trenton Train Station to be renovated, include bus from Trenton to New Brunswick

By David Karas/The Times 
on November 02, 2013 at 6:30 AM

Redevelopment of the former General Motors and Naval Jet Propulsion sites off Parkway Avenue in Ewing will likely include extensive renovations and new parking facilities for the West Trenton Train Station as well as service from a new high-frequency bus line that will stretch from Trenton to New Brunswick, Mayor Bert Steinmann said this week.

The plans were discussed as part of a public meeting Monday evening at the West Trenton firehouse, which featured county and township officials and drew a handful of residents.

The meeting focused on infrastructure surrounding the site, he said, with a particular focus on the existing train station that borders the back of the GM site.

“We would initially renovate the West Trenton Train Station where it is located now, refurbish the station and create a parking facility to accommodate (commuters),” he said.

Currently, a small parking lot that runs along the train tracks is only partly paved, and riddled with deep potholes. The lot also is not large enough to accommodate the volume of commuters who use the station to travel south toward Philadelphia, leading to cars lining the adjacent Railroad Avenue most days.

Preliminary plans indicate that a parking lot might be the best option, Steinmann said, and discussions have included state representatives because some of the property surrounding the station is owned by the state. There has been talk of Ewing leasing that land from the state, he said.