The Dinky
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The Dinky is a short commuter rail shuttle service that connects Princeton University to the nearby Princeton Junction station on New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor line.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dink | 1 |
| The Dinky canonical | 1 |
| The Princeton Dinky | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch line
ⓘ
commuter rail service ⓘ rail shuttle service ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Princeton University campus planning ⓘ |
| category |
NJ Transit rail lines
ⓘ
Princeton University transportation ⓘ Rail transportation in New Jersey ⓘ |
| connects |
Princeton Junction
ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton Junction on Northeast Corridor
Princeton campus area ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Amtrak services at Princeton Junction
ⓘ
Northeast Corridor Line (NJ Transit) ⓘ
surface form:
NJ Transit Northeast Corridor commuter trains
Northeast Corridor Line (NJ Transit) ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast Corridor Line
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareSystem | NJ Transit fare system ⓘ |
| formerName |
PJ&B
ⓘ
Princeton Branch ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Conrail
ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
| hasPlatformConfiguration | two terminal stations ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Princeton Junction
ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton Junction station
Princeton Station ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton station
|
| lineLength | about 2.7 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mercer County, New Jersey
ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton, New Jersey
|
| nickname |
The Dinky
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Dink
PJ&B ⓘ
surface form:
The PJ&B
The Dinky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Princeton Dinky
|
| notableFor | being one of the shortest scheduled commuter rail lines in the United States ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| operator |
NJ Transit
ⓘ
NJ Transit ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Transit
|
| owner | NJ Transit ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Jersey Transit commuter rail network
ⓘ
surface form:
NJ Transit rail operations
|
| primaryUsers |
Princeton University faculty
ⓘ
Princeton University staff ⓘ Princeton University students ⓘ |
| regionServed | Central New Jersey ⓘ |
| serves | Princeton University ⓘ |
| servicePattern | shuttle back-and-forth between two endpoints ⓘ |
| serviceType |
commuter rail shuttle
ⓘ
shuttle ⓘ |
| terminus |
Princeton Junction
ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton Junction station
Princeton Station ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton station
|
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockType | electric multiple units ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Princeton Dinky